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SLOP
treacle, mush, slop, glop
(noun) writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
slop, slops, swill, pigswill, pigwash
(noun) wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
slop
(noun) (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink; “he lived on the thin slops that food kitchens provided”
slop
(noun) (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand; “she carried out the sink slops”
slop, mire
(noun) deep soft mud in water or slush; “they waded through the slop”
slop, swill
(verb) feed pigs
spill, slop, splatter
(verb) cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; “spill the milk”; “splatter water”
slop
(verb) ladle clumsily; “slop the food onto the plate”
squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop
(verb) walk through mud or mire; “We had to splosh across the wet meadow”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
slop (plural slops)
(now historical) A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
(South Africa, chiefly, in the plural) A rubber thong sandal.
(in the plural) See slops.
Synonyms
• (an item of footwear): see list in flip-flop
Etymology 2
Noun
slop (plural slops)
(uncountable) Liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud.
(sometimes, in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
Synonyms: hogwash, swill
(chiefly, in the plural) Inferior, weak drink or liquid food.
(sometimes, in the plural) Domestic liquid waste; household wastewater.
Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown about, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
(dated) Human urine or excrement.
Synonyms
• pig food: slops, hogwash, swill
Verb
slop (third-person singular simple present slops, present participle slopping, simple past and past participle slopped)
(transitive) to spill or dump liquid, especially over the rim of a container when it moves.
(transitive) To spill liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
(transitive) In the game of pool or snooker to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
(transitive) to feed pigs
Etymology 3
Noun
slop (plural slops)
(archaic, costers) A policeman.
Synonyms
• See Thesaurus:police officer
Anagrams
• LPOs, lops, pols, splo
Source: Wiktionary
Slop, n. Etym: [OE. sloppe a pool; akin to As. sloppe, slyppe, the sloppy droppings of a cow; cf. AS. sl to slip, and E. slip, v.i. Cf. Cowslip.]
1. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
2. Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural.
3. pl.
Definition: Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc. Slop basin, or Slop bowl, a basin or bowl for holding slops, especially for receiving the rinsings of tea or coffee cups at the table.
– Slop molding (Brickmaking), a process of manufacture in which the brick is carried to the drying ground in a wet mold instead of on a pallet.
Slop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Slopping.]
1. To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill.
2. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.
Slop, v. i.
Definition: To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over.
Slop, n. Etym: [AS. slop a frock or over-garment, fr. sl to slip, to slide; akin to Icel sloppr a thin garment; cf. OHG. slouf a garment. Cf. Slip, v. i.]
1. Any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a night dress, or a smock frock. [Obs.] Halliwell.
2. A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural. "A pair of slops." Sir P. Sidney. There's a French salutation to your French slop. Shak.
3. pl.
Definition: Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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