slopped

Variant of slop

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.)
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