sloosh

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noun

A splash or rush of water

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Meanings

nounsloosh (plural slooshes)

plural slooshes

  1. A splash or rush of water
verbsloosh (third-person singular simple present slooshes, present participle slooshing, simple past and past participle slooshed)

present singular third person slooshes · participle present slooshing · participle past slooshed · past slooshed

  1. intransitiveTo flow with a rush.
  2. transitiveTo rinse or wash with a flow of water.

    She slooshes her mouth out, spits residue into a flower-pot behind a screen.

    2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

Origin

Imitative.

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Cite this entry
APA

sloosh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sloosh

MLA

“sloosh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sloosh. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sloosh,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sloosh.

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