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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



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