Synonyms of slosh

slosh

verb

1

as in to ripple

to move with a splashing motion

the baby gurgled contentedly as the water sloshed gently around him in the bathtub

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ripple
• splash
• bubble
• lap
• gurgle
• swash
• plash
• babble

2

as in to splash

to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets

while painting the Windsor chair, he carelessly sloshed paint all over the adjacent wall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splash
• slop
• spatter
• sprinkle
• spray
• dash
• swash
• wash
• dabble
• squirt
• lap
• plash
• spritz

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slosh

Warm water sloshes eastward across thousands of miles of open ocean, and the cold upwelling off Ecuador slows or shuts down entirely. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026

My little water bottle sloshed in my backpack, now half empty. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

The boots of an MTA work crew and one reporter began to slosh through mud. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026

If the blades of a propeller spin rapidly in a simple fluid, for example, the fluid on one side of the blade can slosh much faster than the fluid on the other, leading to a drop in pressure on that side. — Rohini Subrahmanyam, Quanta Magazine, 10 July 2026