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slop

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As a noun, slop means a rubber thong sandal. As a verb, it means spill or dump liquid, especially over the edge of a container when it moves.

Meanings of slop

24 meanings

noun

  1. South Africachiefly in the pluralA rubber thong sandal.

  2. See slops.

  3. Semi-solid like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp.

  4. sometimes in the pluralScraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.

  5. chiefly in the pluralInferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food.

  6. sometimes in the pluralDomestic liquid waste; household wastewater.

  7. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown about, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

  8. uncommoncostersA policeman.

  9. Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milkfood

    Similar: slops, swill, pigswill, pigwash
  10. Deep soft mud in water or slush

    “they waded through the slop”

    Similar: mire
  11. (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”

  12. (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drinkfood

    “he lived on the thin slops that food kitchens provided”

  13. Writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental

    Similar: treacle, mush, glop
  14. Low-quality or worthless content generated by artificial intelligence

Older and rare meanings (2)
  1. obsoleteA loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.

  2. datedHuman urine or excrement.

verb

  1. To spill or dump liquid, especially over the edge of a container when it moves.

    “I slopped water all over my shirt.”

  2. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.

  3. In the game of pool or snooker to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.

  4. To feed pigs.

  5. To make one's way through soggy terrain.

  6. Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

    “spill the milk”

    “splatter water”

    Similar: spill, splatter
  7. Walk through mud or mire

    “We had to splosh across the wet meadow”

    Similar: squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh
  8. Ladle clumsily

    “slop the food onto the plate”

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

slop around the world

South AfricaA rubber thong sandal.

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All synonyms for slop →
noun: wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitch…
slopsswillpigswillpigwash
noun: deep soft mud in water or slush
noun: writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
verb: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a…
verb: walk through mud or mire
verb: feed pigs

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