slop

¹

[ slop ]

verb (used with object)

, slopped, slop·ping.

1. to spill or splash (liquid).
2. to spill liquid upon.

   Synonyms: spatter, slosh, splash

3. to feed slop to (pigs or other livestock).

verb (used without object)

, slopped, slop·ping.

1. to spill or splash liquid (sometimes followed by about ):

   The children happily slopped about in the puddles.

2. (of liquid) to spill or splash out of a container (usually followed by over ):

   The milk slopped over the rim of the glass.

3. to walk or go through mud, slush, or water.
4. Informal. to be unduly effusive or sentimental; gush (usually followed by over ).
5. to move in an idle, lazy, casual, or slovenly manner (usually followed by around or about ):

   to spend the weekend slopping around the house.

noun

1. a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
2. badly cooked or unappetizing food or drink.
3. bran from bolted cornmeal mixed with an equal part of water and used as a feed for swine and other livestock.
4. any similar, watery feed; swill.
5. Often slops.
   1. the dirty water, liquid refuse, etc., of a household or the like.
   2. tasteless or unappetizing soup, stew, or drink.
6. kitchen refuse; swill.
7. liquid mud.
8. slops, Distilling. the mash remaining after distilling.

slop

²

[ slop ]

noun

1. slops,
   1. clothing, bedding, etc., supplied to sailors from the ship's stores.
   2. cheap, ready-made clothing in general.
   3. short, baggy trousers, worn by men, especially sailors, in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2. a loose-fitting overgarment, as a tunic or smock.

slop

¹

/ slɒp /

verb

1. whenintr, often foll by about to cause (liquid) to splash or spill or (of liquid) to splash or spill
2. tr to splash liquid upon
3. intr; foll by along, through, etc to tramp (through) mud or slush
4. tr to feed slop or swill to

   to slop the pigs

5. tr to ladle or serve, esp clumsily
6. informal.
   intrfoll byover to be unpleasantly effusive

noun

1. a puddle of spilt liquid
2. plural wet feed, esp for pigs, made from kitchen waste, etc
3. plural waste food or liquid refuse
4. plural the beer, cider, etc, spilt from a barrel while being drawn
5. often plural the residue left after spirits have been distilled
6. informal.
   often plural liquid or semiliquid food of low quality
7. soft mud, snow, etc
8. informal.
   gushing speech or writing

slop

²

/ slɒp /

noun

1. plural sailors' clothing and bedding issued from a ship's stores
2. any loose article of clothing, esp a smock
3. plural men's wide knee breeches worn in the 16th century
4. plural shoddy manufactured clothing

Other Words From

• un·slopped adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of slop¹

First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English noun sloppe “mud hole,” Old English -sloppe (in cūsloppe cowslip, literally, “cow slime”); akin to slip ³; the verb is derivative of the noun

Origin of slop²

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English slop(pe), slope “loose outer garment,” Old English -slop (in oferslop “overgarment, surplice”); compare Middle Dutch overslop, Old Norse yfirsloppr

Word History and Origins

Origin of slop¹

C14: probably from Old English -sloppe in cūsloppe cowslip ; see slip ³

Origin of slop²

Old English oferslop surplice; related to Old Norse slopps gown, Middle Dutch slop

Example Sentences

The film is a bewitching spectacle, a classic holiday season event movie that brims with enough earnestness to keep even its fluffiest moments from becoming corny intellectual property slop.

From Salon

Until then, inmates still had to take part in “slopping out” their own buckets into a communal toilet.

From BBC

“As a member of @SenateAgDems and as some dude who would never serve that slop to my kids, I stand with our American ranchers and farmers.”

From Salon

"As some dude who would never serve that slop to my kids, I stand with our American ranchers and farmers."

From Salon

That kind of weather could benefit six horses that have won in the mud or slop before, including early favorites Fierceness and Sierra Leone.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• slosh