Slosh
/slɒʃ/noun
To splash or move through liquid with a noisy, uneven motion.
Did you know?“Slosh” is an expressive, sound-symbolic word that likely arose in English to imitate the noisy movement of liquid, rather than descending from some ancient, hidden root.
Etymological Timeline
Early 19th Century
English
slosh
“To splash or move through liquid in a noisy, clumsy way”
Late 18th to Early 19th Century
English
slosh
“An imitative or expressive form used for wet, messy movement or sound”
Unknown
English
slosh
“Probably formed as a sound-symbolic creation in English”
Modern English
English
slosh
“To move with a splashing, swishing motion; also, a splashing liquid mass”