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

This waterproof boot helped us love winter, whether we were on wet slop, powder, hiking trails, or city streets.

From Outside Online

Specifically, it doesn’t produce as much downward pressure on the heel of your boot, so in a powered-up turn, the G-forces can overcome the binding and result in lateral slop.

From Outside Online

Out of the wok comes an umami-rich slop, fried rice only in memory.

From Eater

But draft one can be a bit “less hard” because you just slop it down.

From The Daily Beast

I never apprehended,” puts in Dr. Slop, “that such a thing was ever thought of—much less executed.

From Project Gutenberg

But, when I looked down, I saw that she had taken away the good egg and left the bad one—all green and yellow—in the slop basin.

From Project Gutenberg

May-be you expected to have a china bowl and pitcher in your room, and somebody to empty your slop.

From Project Gutenberg

Slop sinks have practically the same connections as the closets.

From Project Gutenberg

Wash the slop jar and chamber with the cleaning substance or soap and the stiff brush.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• slosh