[syn: slosh, slush, slosh around, slush around]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Slosh \Slosh\, Sloshy \Slosh"y\
See Slush, Slushy.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Slush \Slush\ (sl[u^]sh), n. [Cf. Sw. slaska to paddle in water,
slask wet, filth.] [Written also slosh.]
1. Soft mud.
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2. A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow.
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3. A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for
lubrication.
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4. The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially
on shipboard.
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5. (Mach.) A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the
bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of
steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
slosh
v 1: make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor"
[syn: splash, splosh, slosh, slush]
2: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet
meadow" [syn: squelch, squish, splash, splosh,
slosh, slop]
3: spill or splash copiously or clumsily; "slosh paint all over
the walls" [syn: slosh, slush, slosh around, slush
around]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
backslash
\
slosh
"\" ASCII code 92. Common names: escape (from
C/Unix); reverse slash; slosh; backslant; backwhack. Rare:
bash; ITU-T: reverse slant; reversed virgule; INTERCAL:
backslat.
Backslash is used to separate components in MS-DOS
pathnames, and to introduce special character sequence in
C and Unix strings, e.g. "\n" for newline.
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