slosh
/slɑʃ/verb, noun
slosh is spelled S-L-O-S-H: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, slosh means “To shift chaotically; to splash noisily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in slosh?
| Letters | 5: S-L-O-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is slosh?
Slosh appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce slosh?
- UK /slɒʃ/
- US /slɑʃ/
Slosh has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-slosh.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with slosh?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as slosh from its last stressed vowel (/ɑʃ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of slosh
- sloshes present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- sloshing participle, present
- sloshed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does slosh mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
The water in his bottle sloshed back and forth as he ran.
- 2
To cause to slosh.
The boy sloshed water over the edge of the bath.
- 3
To make a sloshing sound.
His boots were so completely soaked that they sloshed when he walked.
- 4
To pour noisily, sloppily or in large amounts.
The coffee was nice and hot, so she sloshed some into a cup and went back to her desk.
- 5
to move noisily through water or other liquid.
The streets were flooded, but they still managed to slosh their way to school.
- 6
UKcolloquialTo punch (someone).
noun
- 1
A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash.
We added a slosh of white wine to the sauce.
- 2
A sloshing sound or motion.
- 3
Slush.
- 4
slangInferior wine or other drink.
- 5
A game related to billiards.
- 6
slangbackslash, the character \.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Slosh in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of a liquid, to shift chaotically; to splash noisily:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | éclabousser |
| German | platschen, schwappen |
| Spanish | borbotear, chapotear, chapalear, chapaletear, chacualear |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does slosh come from?
Onomatopoeic; compare splash, splosh.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).