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[ slop ] / slɒp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR slop ON THESAURUS.COM
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. nouna 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. Origin of slop11350–1400; Middle English sloppe (noun), Old English -sloppe (in cūsloppecowslip, literally, cow slime); akin to slip3 SYNONYMS FOR slop2 splash, slosh, spatter. SEE SYNONYMS FOR slop ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM slopun·slopped, adjectiveWords nearby slopsloop, sloop of war, sloop rig, sloop-rigged, sloot, slop, slop around, slop basin, slop bucket, slop chest, slope Definition for slop (2 of 2)[ slop ] / slɒp /
nounslops, - 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 slop2before 1000; Middle English slop,Old English -slop (in oferslop overgarment); compare Middle Dutch overslop,Old Norse yfirsloppr Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for slopBut draft one can be a bit “less hard” because you just slop it down. Thriller Author Steve Berry: How I Write|Noah Charney|July 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST Even he would allow some of the water to slop from his mouth and be wasted in the sand. Dust of the Desert|Robert Welles Ritchie She was excellent at a slop or a puddle, but she could do nothing with a tempest.' Thoughts on African Colonization|William Lloyd Garrison A register of the slop clothing, soap, and tobacco, issued to the men; also of the religious books supplied. The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland|Henry B. Stanton And when one stops to consider, how essentially impious and irreverent to humanity are the novels of the Slop and Glucose school! Shandygaff|Christopher Morley
British Dictionary definitions for slop (1 of 2)
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 nouna 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 slopC14: probably from Old English -sloppe in cūsloppe cowslip; see slip ³ British Dictionary definitions for slop (2 of 2)
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 slopOld English oferslop surplice; related to Old Norse slopps gown, Middle Dutch slop Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to slopslosh, wallow, spill, splatter, drip, smudge, dash, flounder, spray, spatter, smear, overflow |