slop
1 (slŏp)
[Middle English sloppe, a muddy place, perhaps from Old English* sloppe, dung, slime.]
noun
- Spilled or splashed liquid.
- Soft mud or slush.
- Unappetizing watery food or soup.
- Waste food used to feed pigs or other animals; swill. Often used in the plural.
- Mash remaining after alcohol distillation. Often used in the plural.
- Human excrement. Often used in the plural.
- Repulsively effusive writing or speech; drivel.
verb: slopped, slop·ping, slops.
intransitive verb
- To be spilled or splashed: Suds slopped over the rim of the washtub.
- To spill over; overflow.
- To walk heavily or messily in or as if in mud; plod: “He slopped along in broken slippers, hands in pockets, whistling” (Alan Sillitoe)
- To express oneself effusively; gush.
transitive verb
- To spill (liquid).
- To spill liquid on.
- To serve unappetizingly or clumsily; dish out: slopped some lasagna onto his plate.
- To feed slops to (animals): slopped the hogs.
slop
2 (slŏp)
[Middle English sloppe, a kind of garment, from Old English -slop (in oferslop, surplice; see sleubh-).]
noun
- Articles of clothing and bedding issued or sold to sailors.
- Short full trousers worn in the 16th century.
- A loose outer garment, such as a smock or overalls.
- Chiefly British Cheap, ready-made garments.
