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slop (släp)

noun

  1. watery snow or mud; slush
  2. a splash or puddle of spilled liquid
  3. any liquid or semiliquid food that is unappetizing or of poor quality
    1. liquid waste of any kind
    2. ☆ kitchen waste or swill, used for feeding pigs, etc.
  4. Informal excessive sentimentality in speech or writing

Etymology: ME sloppe < OE (only in comp.) < base of slypa: see slip

intransitive verb slopped, slop·ping

  1. to spill or splash
  2. to walk or splash through slush or mud

transitive verb

  1. to spill liquid on
  2. to spill
  3. ☆ to feed swill or slops to (pigs, etc.)

slop Idioms

slop over

  1. to overflow or spill, as a liquid when its container is tilted
  2. Informal to make a display of sentimentality; gush
slop Synonyms

slop

n.

  1. Waste

    slush, swill, refuse; see trash 1.

  2. A small quantity

    leavings, few drops, pile; see bit 1.

slop Synonyms

slop

v.

slosh, wallow, flounder, splash, drip, spill, dash, spatter, let run out, let run over.

slop Usage Examples

Object

  • water: A makeshift lid could help to minimize the amount of water slopped over the side.

Preposition: on

  • sunscreen: So SLIP on a shirt, SLAP on a hat and SLOP on the sunscreen.
  • cream: Avoid the dangers of sun exposure by slipping into the shade, slapping on a hat and slopping on the sun cream.

Preposition: over

  • side: You will also get a very boggy patch in the lawn, where the water from the base slops over the side.

Converse of object

  • slip: Finally to protect you and your guests " slip slap slop " some sun bloc.
  • eat: He was humbled while he was eating the pig slop.

Adjective modifier

  • crude: This bill of lading described the cargo as crude oil slops.

Modifies a noun

  • bucket: Five slim white fingers wait for the slop bucket, palm uppermost.
  • sink: All have gardens, wash-houses and coal cellars All have WCs All have baths, and inside slop sinks with gravitation water supply.
  • pail: I even managed to empty the slop pail in the food tunnel.
  • shop: But still, government does not do the regular trade so much harm as the cheap show and slop shops.
  • hopper: DOMESTIC CLEANING Bucket ( plastic ) Empty down toilet or slop hopper.
  • seller: As he was writing an order upon the slop seller for some clothing, a handsome young lieutenant from a British man-of-war came in.

Modifying Another Word

  • gently: Exmouth has a mainly flat access from the town to the beach and nearly all the footpaths have gently slopped kerbs.

Noun used with modifier

  • oil: This bill of lading described the cargo as crude oil slops.
  • pig: All I really want is a roof over my head and all I want is a little better food than pig slop.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • around: It is a fact that the clutch basket slops around on its little silver rollers during the assembly process.
  • out: The ones where no matter how careful you are, the drink slops out everywhere.
  • over: Kill Crazy reckons they give us the cloning experiments that have gone wrong, with some gravy slopped over to disguise it.
  • off: Both Phil King and Dave Winder were noticeably quiet that evening and slopped off for an early night.

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