SLOPPING
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
Verb
slopping
present participle of slop
Noun
slopping (plural sloppings)
Liquid that has been slopped.
Anagrams
• loppings
Source: Wiktionary
SLOP
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