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slop

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[slop]

verb (used with object)

slopped, slopping 
  1. to spill or splash (liquid).

  2. to spill liquid upon.

    Synonyms: , ,
  3. to feed slop to (pigs or other livestock).



verb (used without object)

slopped, slopping 
  1. to spill or splash liquid (sometimes followed byabout ).

    The children happily slopped about in the puddles.

  2. (of liquid) to spill or splash out of a container (usually followed byover ).

    The milk slopped over the rim of the glass.

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

  4. Informal.Ģżto be unduly effusive or sentimental; gush (usually followed byover ).

  5. to move in an idle, lazy, casual, or slovenly manner (usually followed by around orabout ).

    to spend the weekend slopping around the house.

noun

  1. a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.

  2. badly cooked or unappetizing food or drink.

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

  4. any similar, watery feed; swill.

  5. Often slops

    1. the dirty water, liquid refuse, etc., of a household or the like.

    2. tasteless or unappetizing soup, stew, or drink.

  6. kitchen refuse; swill.

  7. liquid mud.

  8. Distilling.Ģżslops, the mash remaining after distilling.

slop

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[slop]

noun

  1. slops,

    1. clothing, bedding, etc., supplied to sailors from the ship's stores.

    2. cheap, ready-made clothing in general.

    3. short, baggy trousers, worn by men, especially sailors, in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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

slop

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/ ²õ±ōɒ±č /

verb

  1. to cause (liquid) to splash or spill or (of liquid) to splash or spill

  2. (tr) to splash liquid upon

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

  4. (tr) to feed slop or swill to

    to slop the pigs

  5. (tr) to ladle or serve, esp clumsily

  6. informalĢżto be unpleasantly effusive

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a puddle of spilt liquid

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

  3. (plural) waste food or liquid refuse

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

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

  6. informalĢż(often plural) liquid or semiliquid food of low quality

  7. soft mud, snow, etc

  8. informalĢżgushing speech or writing

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

slop

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/ ²õ±ōɒ±č /

noun

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

  2. any loose article of clothing, esp a smock

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

  4. (plural) shoddy manufactured clothing

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • unslopped adjective
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of slop1

First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English noun sloppe ā€œmud hole,ā€ Old English -sloppe (in ³¦Å«²õ±ō“DZč±č±š cowslip, literally, ā€œcow slimeā€); akin to slip 3; the verb is derivative of the noun

Origin of slop2

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English slop(pe), slope ā€œloose outer garment,ā€ Old English -slop (in oferslop ā€œovergarment, surpliceā€); compare Middle Dutch overslop, Old Norse yfirsloppr
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of slop1

C14: probably from Old English -sloppe in ³¦Å«²õ±ō“DZč±č±š cowslip ; see slip ³

Origin of slop2

Old English oferslop surplice; related to Old Norse slopps gown, Middle Dutch slop
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After watching horses slip and stomp in the slop on Kentucky Derby day, racing followers are looking for an honest track on Preakness Saturday.

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Slanting the dialogue of a major theatrical gangbuster toward hesitation or negativity only feeds the slop machine.

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"While the personalisation might feel nice, these systems are putting brands and characters into a blender with no responsibility for the slop that emerges."

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Trillions had been invested, he insisted, and Americans were happier than pigs in slop over the tariffs.

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"I climbed from underneath that house, in mud and slop, and said to myself: 'I'm going to do something in my life, I'm not a thief.'"

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