slop
verb (used with object)
to spill or splash (liquid).
is slopping
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present progressiveof slop (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“She’s been working — everyone’s been working — to make it perfect, and here she is slopping on some house paint. That’s the confidence of an artist who is really in control of her language.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
The story is slopping itself on your shoes.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 4, 2018
It is slopping and burning and putting away with a rinse, that makes kettles and spiders untouchable.
From We Girls: a Home Story by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
