slop around
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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So much for talking with Pa. I’d made him so mad he’d rather slop around in the mud and the rain than talk to me.
From Literature
At the bridge where Hernández’s tent is pitched, tattooed youths smoke marijuana and residents slop around in rubber boots.
From Seattle Times
“No—wait. It’ll slop around and spill. Put in five and give us five in a can—one of them sealed cans.”
From Literature
Though I suppose if they truly wanted to make it a lifelike representation, they’d eliminate the “flying” option and make you slop around in the muck and come out covered in digital leeches.
From Slate
A fi-ine sheriff he is, to slop around turnin' tricks like that.
From Project Gutenberg
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