slop around

British

verb

Also: slop about. (intr) to move around in a casual and idle way

he slops around the house in old slippers

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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

Hayes forsakes his rock-performing wardrobe of bare chest wrapped in chains to slop around Los Angeles in a variety of Levi outfits, glowering, guzzling cans of Coors and ferreting out various criminal types.

From Time Magazine Archive

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