slopverb [ I or T, + adv/prep ]
uk/slɒp/us/slɑːp/-pp-to cause a liquid to flow over the edge of a container through not taking care or making a rough movement:
Careful, you've just slopped coffee all over the carpet!
Water slopped out of the bucket as he carried it up the stairs.
Phrasal verb(s)
slop around (sth)
slop out
slopnoun
uk/slɒp/us/slɑːp/[ U ] informal disapproving food that is more liquid than it should be and is therefore unpleasant:
Have you tried the slop that they call stew in the canteen?
slops [ plural ] also slop
liquid or wet food waste, especially when it is fed to animals:
We feed the slops to the pigs.
There's a tray under each tap to catch the beer slops.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inland waters
- body
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- fiord
- fjord
- L, l
- lake
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- lough
- millpond
- oasis
- oxbow lake
- pond
- pool
- reservoir
- ribbon lake
- stretch
- tank
- tarn
- waterhole
- waterway
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