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

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

intransitive verb slopped, slopping

  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.)

See slop in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Spilled or splashed liquid.
  2. Soft mud or slush.
  3. Unappetizing watery food or soup.
  4. Waste food used to feed pigs or other animals; swill. Often used in the plural.
  5. Mash remaining after alcohol distillation. Often used in the plural.
  6. Human excrement. Often used in the plural.
  7. Repulsively effusive writing or speech; drivel.
verb slopped slopped, slop·ping, slops
verb, intransitive
  1. To be spilled or splashed: Suds slopped over the rim of the washtub.
  2. To spill over; overflow.
  3. To walk heavily or messily in or as if in mud; plod: “He slopped along in broken slippers, hands in pockets, whistling” (Alan Sillitoe).
  4. To express oneself effusively; gush.
verb, transitive
  1. To spill (liquid).
  2. To spill liquid on.
  3. To serve unappetizingly or clumsily; dish out: slopped some lasagna onto his plate.
  4. To feed slops to (animals): slopped the hogs.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English sloppe, a muddy place

Origin: , perhaps from Old English *sloppe, dung, slime; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots

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noun
  1. slops Articles of clothing and bedding issued or sold to sailors.
  2. slops Short full trousers worn in the 16th century.
  3. A loose outer garment, such as a smock or overalls.
  4. slops Chiefly British Cheap, ready-made garments.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English sloppe, a kind of garment

Origin: , from Old English -slop (in oferslop, surplice; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots)

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