slop

[ slop ]

/ slɒp /

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verb (used with object), slopped, slop·ping.

to spill or splash (liquid).

to spill liquid upon.

to feed slop to (pigs or other livestock).

verb (used without object), slopped, slop·ping.

to spill or splash liquid (sometimes followed by about): The children happily slopped about in the puddles.

(of liquid) to spill or splash out of a container (usually followed by over): The milk slopped over the rim of the glass.

to walk or go through mud, slush, or water.

Informal. to be unduly effusive or sentimental; gush (usually followed by over).

to move in an idle, lazy, casual, or slovenly manner (usually followed by around or about): to spend the weekend slopping around the house.

noun

a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.

badly cooked or unappetizing food or drink.

bran from bolted cornmeal mixed with an equal part of water and used as a feed for swine and other livestock.

any similar, watery feed; swill.

Often slops .

the dirty water, liquid refuse, etc., of a household or the like.
tasteless or unappetizing soup, stew, or drink.

kitchen refuse; swill.

liquid mud.

slops, Distilling. the mash remaining after distilling.

OTHER WORDS FOR slop

2 splash, slosh, spatter.

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Origin of slop

First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English noun sloppe “mud hole,” Old English -sloppe (in cūsloppe cowslip, literally, “cow slime”); akin to slip³; the verb is derivative of the noun

OTHER WORDS FROM slop

un·slopped, adjective

Words nearby slop

sloop, sloop of war, sloop rig, sloop-rigged, sloot, slop, slop around, slop basin, slop bucket, slop chest, slope

Other definitions for slop (2 of 2)

slop²

[ slop ]

/ slɒp /

noun

slops,

clothing, bedding, etc., supplied to sailors from the ship's stores.
cheap, ready-made clothing in general.
short, baggy trousers, worn by men, especially sailors, in the 16th and 17th centuries.

a loose-fitting overgarment, as a tunic or smock.

Origin of slop

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English slop(pe), slope “loose outer garment,” Old English -slop (in oferslop “overgarment, surplice”); compare Middle Dutch overslop, Old Norse yfirsloppr

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How to use slop in a sentence

This waterproof boot helped us love winter, whether we were on wet slop, powder, hiking trails, or city streets.
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Specifically, it doesn’t produce as much downward pressure on the heel of your boot, so in a powered-up turn, the G-forces can overcome the binding and result in lateral slop.
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Out of the wok comes an umami-rich slop, fried rice only in memory.
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But draft one can be a bit “less hard” because you just slop it down.
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I never apprehended,” puts in Dr. Slop, “that such a thing was ever thought of—much less executed.
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But, when I looked down, I saw that she had taken away the good egg and left the bad one—all green and yellow—in the slop basin.
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May-be you expected to have a china bowl and pitcher in your room, and somebody to empty your slop.
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Slop sinks have practically the same connections as the closets.
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Wash the slop jar and chamber with the cleaning substance or soap and the stiff brush.
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British Dictionary definitions for slop (1 of 2)

slop¹

/ (slɒp) /

verb slops, slopping or slopped

(when intr, often foll by about) to cause (liquid) to splash or spill or (of liquid) to splash or spill

(tr) to splash liquid upon

(intr; foll by along, through, etc) to tramp (through) mud or slush

(tr) to feed slop or swill toto slop the pigs

(tr) to ladle or serve, esp clumsily

(intr foll by over) informal, mainly US and Canadian to be unpleasantly effusive

noun

a puddle of spilt liquid

(plural) wet feed, esp for pigs, made from kitchen waste, etc

(plural) waste food or liquid refuse

(plural) the beer, cider, etc, spilt from a barrel while being drawn

(often plural) the residue left after spirits have been distilled

(often plural) informal liquid or semiliquid food of low quality

soft mud, snow, etc

informal gushing speech or writing

Word Origin for slop

C14: probably from Old English -sloppe in cūsloppe cowslip; see slip ³

British Dictionary definitions for slop (2 of 2)

slop²

/ (slɒp) /

noun

(plural) sailors' clothing and bedding issued from a ship's stores

any loose article of clothing, esp a smock

(plural) men's wide knee breeches worn in the 16th century

(plural) shoddy manufactured clothing

Word Origin for slop

Old English oferslop surplice; related to Old Norse slopps gown, Middle Dutch slop

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