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slop 1
(slŏp)n.
1. Spilled or splashed liquid.
2. Soft mud or slush.
3. Unappetizing watery food or soup.
4. often slops Waste food used to feed pigs or other animals; swill.
5. often slops Mash remaining after alcohol distillation.
6. often slops Human excrement.
7. Repulsively effusive writing or speech; drivel.
v. slopped, slop·ping, slops
v.intr.
1. To be spilled or splashed: Suds slopped over the rim of the washtub.
2. To spill over; overflow.
3. To walk heavily or messily in or as if in mud; plod: "He slopped along in broken slippers, hands in pockets, whistling" (Alan Sillitoe).
4. To express oneself effusively; gush.
v.tr.
1. To spill (liquid).
2. To spill liquid on.
3. To serve unappetizingly or clumsily; dish out: slopped some lasagna onto his plate.
4. To feed slops to (animals): slopped the hogs.
[Middle English sloppe, a muddy place, perhaps from Old English *sloppe, dung, slime; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.]
slop 2
(slŏp)n.
1. slops Articles of clothing and bedding issued or sold to sailors.
2. slops Short full trousers worn in the 16th century.
3. A loose outer garment, such as a smock or overalls.
4. slops Chiefly British Cheap, ready-made garments.
[Middle English sloppe, a kind of garment, from Old English -slop (in oferslop, surplice); see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.]
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slop
(slɒp)vb, slops, slopping or slopped
1. (when: intr, 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. (Agriculture) (tr) to feed slop or swill to: to slop the pigs.
5. (Cookery) (tr) to ladle or serve, esp clumsily
6. informal chiefly (foll by: over) US and Canadian to be unpleasantly effusive
n
7. a puddle of spilt liquid
8. (Agriculture) (plural) wet feed, esp for pigs, made from kitchen waste, etc
9. (Cookery) (plural) waste food or liquid refuse
10. (Brewing) (plural) the beer, cider, etc, spilt from a barrel while being drawn
11. (Brewing) (often plural) the residue left after spirits have been distilled
12. (Cookery) (often plural) informal liquid or semiliquid food of low quality
13. soft mud, snow, etc
14. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) informal gushing speech or writing
[C14: probably from Old English -sloppe in cūsloppe cowslip; see slip3]
slop
(slɒp)n
1. (Nautical Terms) (plural) sailors' clothing and bedding issued from a ship's stores
2. (Clothing & Fashion) any loose article of clothing, esp a smock
3. (Clothing & Fashion) (plural) men's wide knee breeches worn in the 16th century
4. (Clothing & Fashion) (plural) shoddy manufactured clothing
[Old English oferslop surplice; related to Old Norse slopps gown, Middle Dutch slop]
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slop1
(slɒp)v. slopped, slop•ping,
n. v.t.
1. to spill or splash (liquid).
2. to spill liquid upon.
3. to feed slop to (pigs or other livestock).
v.i. 4. to spill or splash liquid: children slopping about in a puddle.
5. (of liquid) to spill or splash out of a container (usu. fol. by over).
6. to walk or go through mud, slush, or water.
7. to be unduly effusive (usu. fol. by over).
n. 8. bran from bolted cornmeal mixed with an equal part of water and used as a feed for livestock.
9. Often, slops. the dirty water or liquid refuse of a household.
10. unappetizing food.
11. liquid mud.
12. gushing language or writing.
[1350–1400; Middle English sloppe (n.), Old English -sloppe (in cūsloppe cowslip, literally, cow slime)]
slop2
(slɒp)n.
1. slops,
a. clothing, bedding, etc., supplied to sailors from the ship's stores.
b. cheap, ready-made clothing in general.
c. short, baggy trousers, worn by men, esp. sailors, in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2. a loose-fitting overgarment, as a tunic or smock.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English -slop (in oferslop overgarment)]
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slop
Past participle: slopped
Gerund: slopping
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Slop
Despite the word’s bad connotation by the twentyfirst century, in the early twentieth century it generally meant a soupy hog feed that might contain anything from a milk and ground wheat mixture to kitchen scraps.
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| Noun | 1. |  slop - wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk |
| 2. | slop - deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop" | |
| 3. | slop - (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" waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" | |
| 4. | slop - (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink; "he lived on the thin slops that food kitchens provided" solid food, food - any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink" | |
| 5. |  slop - writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimentalsentimentalism - the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form | |
| Verb | 1. | slop - cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" disgorge, shed, spill - cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" |
| 2. | slop - walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" | |
| 3. | slop - ladle clumsily; "slop the food onto the plate" | |
| 4. | slop - feed pigs |
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slop
verb
noun
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Translations
يَنْدَلِق، يُطَرْطِش
cákatrozlévat
løbe overspilde
kilottyan
sletta, skvetta
nestropusperdėm sentimentaluspraskydęsskystaiskystumas
šļakstīties
pretiecť
dök meksaç mak
slop
[slɒp]A. VI (also slop over) [water, tea etc] → derramarse, verterse
the water was slopping about in the bucket → el agua se agitaba en el cubo
to slop about in the mud → chapotear en el lodo
the water was slopping about in the bucket → el agua se agitaba en el cubo
to slop about in the mud → chapotear en el lodo
B. VT (= spill) → derramar, verter; (= tip carelessly) → derramar, tirar
you've slopped paint all over the floor → has salpicado todo el suelo de pintura, has puesto el suelo perdido de pintura
you've slopped paint all over the floor → has salpicado todo el suelo de pintura, has puesto el suelo perdido de pintura
C. slops NPL (= food) → gachas fpl; (= liquid waste) → agua fsing sucia, lavazas fpl; [of tea] → posos mpl de té; [of wine] → heces fpl
D. CPD slop basin N → recipiente m para agua sucia; (at table) → taza f para los posos del té
slop pail N → cubeta f para agua sucia
slop pail N → cubeta f para agua sucia
slop out VI + ADV (Brit) vaciar los cubos usados como retretes por los prisioneros en sus celdas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
slop
vi
to slop around (= splash) → herumschwappen (inf); (fig inf, in slippers etc) → herumschlurfen
n
(inf: sentimental) → rührseliges Zeug, Schmalz m
(= tasteless food: also slops) → Schlabber m (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
slop
[slɒp]1. vi (also slop over) → traboccare, versarsi
the water was slopping about in the bucket → l'acqua quasi traboccava dal secchio
the water was slopping about in the bucket → l'acqua quasi traboccava dal secchio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
slop
(slop) – past tense, past participle slopped – verb to (cause liquid to) splash, spill, or move around violently in a container. The water was slopping about in the bucket.
ˈsloppy adjective1. semi-liquid; tending to slop. sloppy food.
2. careless and untidy; messy. His work is sloppy.
3. very sentimental. That film is rather sloppy.
ˈsloppily adverbˈsloppiness noun
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