slop
slop
Definition
slop (släp)
noun
- watery snow or mud; slush
- a splash or puddle of spilled liquid
- any liquid or semiliquid food that is unappetizing or of poor quality
- liquid waste of any kind
- ☆ kitchen waste or swill, used for feeding pigs, etc.
- Informal excessive sentimentality in speech or writing
Etymology: ME sloppe < OE (only in comp.) < base of slypa: see slip
intransitive verb slopped, slop′·ping
- to spill or splash
- to walk or splash through slush or mud
transitive verb
- to spill liquid on
- to spill
- ☆ to feed swill or slops to (pigs, etc.)
slop over
- to overflow or spill, as a liquid when its container is tilted
- ☆ Informal to make a display of sentimentality; gush
slop
Synonyms
slop
n.
slop
Synonyms
slop
v.
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.
