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slop
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slop 1  (slp)
n.
1. Spilled or splashed liquid.
2. Soft mud or slush.
3. Unappetizing watery food or soup.
4. Waste food used to feed pigs or other animals; swill. Often used in the plural.
5. Mash remaining after alcohol distillation. Often used in the plural.
6. Human excrement. Often used in the plural.
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
Verb
[slopping, slopped]
1. (often foll. by about)to splash or spill (liquid)
2. slop over Informal, chiefly US & Canad to be excessively sentimental
Noun
1. a puddle of spilt liquid
2. slops liquid refuse and waste food used to feed animals, esp. pigs
3. (often pl) Informal liquid food [Old English -sloppe]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.slopslop - wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
feed, provender - food for domestic livestock
2.slop - deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop"
mud, clay - water soaked soil; soft wet earth
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.slopslop - writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
sentimentalism - the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form
Verb1.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"
move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
spill, run out - flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"
2.slop - walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
footslog, plod, trudge, slog, tramp, pad - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
3.slop - ladle clumsily; "slop the food onto the plate"
lade, laden, ladle - remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl"
4.slop - feed pigs
feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

slop
verb spill, splash, overflow, splatter, spatter, slosh (informal)
Translations

slop [slɔp] vi (also: slop over) → derramarse, desbordarse
slop [slɔp] vi (also: slop over) → se renverser; déborder
slop [slɔp] vischwappen
slop out slop vi (in prison etc) → den Toiletteneimer ausleeren
slop [slɔp] vi (also: slop over) → traboccare; versarsi
npl slops → acqua sporca; sbobba

slop
v slop [slop]
to (cause liquid to) splash, spill, or move around violently in a container The water was slopping about in the bucket. mors, uitspoel يَنْدَلِق، يُطَرْطِش (из)плисквам (се) cákat, rozlévat spilde; løbe over schwappen πλατσαρίζω, τσαλαβουτώ, ξεχειλίζω, χύνομαι derramar(se), verter(se) loksuma, loksutama سر رفتن läiskyä, läiskyttää renverser, déborder לְהָתִיז छलकाना, छलकना preliti se, proliti se kilottyan(t) mengguncang sletta, skvetta sciaguattare, sciabordare パシャパシャはねる ...을 흘리다; 엎지르다; 넘쳐내리다 teliūskuoti šļakstīties melimpah (doen) klotsen skvette, skvalpe, søle rozpryskiwać się, chlupotać chocalhar a răsturna, a re­vărsa проливать(ся), выплёскивать(ся) pretiecť, rozliať sa pljuskati; razlivati se prelivati se skvalpa, skvimpa ทำหก dök(ül)mek, saç(ıl)mak 溢出 розхлюпувати, розпліскувати چھلکنا tràn ra, sánh ra
adj ˈsloppy
1 semi-liquid; tending to slop sloppy food. morsig, pap kos نِصْف سائِل، مُنْدَلِق течен řídký; kašovitý blød; våd labberig νερουλός aguado püdel, vesine آبكي vetinen trop liquide מָזוֹן נוֹזלִי गीला vodnjikav, bljutav nedves, lucskos setengah cair blautur, vatnskenndur brodoso 水っぽい 질척질척한 praskydęs, skystas []šķidrs cair waterig bløt, sølet półpłynny mole semilichid водянистый, жидкий riedky, vodnatý tekoč vodunjav slaskig, sörjig, blaskig, vattnig ซึ่งเป็นโคลนเลน cıvık, yarı sulu 流質(食品) рідкий; вогкий پتلا، ڈھب ڈھب quá lỏng, loãng
2 careless and untidy; messy His work is sloppy. morsig قَذِر وموحِل небрежен ledabylý sjusket schlampig τσαπατσούλικος, απρόσεκτος dejado, descuidado, desaliñado, desordenado räpakas كثيف sotkuinen bâclé מְרוּשָל लापरवाह nesistematičan, neuredan hanyag tidak rapi sóðalegur trascurato だらしのない 부주의한, 조잡한 nerūpestingas, nestropus, atmestinas nevīžīgs; nekārtīgs; netīrīgs selekeh slordig sjusket niedbały desleixado neglijent неряшливый, небрежный nedbanlivý, povrchný površen aljkav hafsig ซึ่งไม่เป็นระเบียบ yarım yamalak, baştan savma 粗心的 неохайний, недбалий بے قاعدہ، لاپروا luộm thuộm
3 very sentimental That film is rather sloppy. sentimenteel عاطِفي، تافِه сладникав sladkobolný sentimental rührselig γλυκανάλατος (μτφ.) sentimentaloide sentimentaalne, hale احساساتي tunteileva plein de sensiblerie רָגְשָנִי מִדַי भावुक razvodnjen, sladunjavo sentimentalan érzelgős, ömlengős cengeng væminn sentimentale, sdolcinato 感傷的な 몹시 감상적인 perdėm sentimentalus sentimentāls; raudulīgs terlalu sentimental sentimenteel søtladen, sentimental ckliwy piegas siropos сентиментальный dojímavý, sentimentálny osladen sladunjav sentimental, känslodrypande สะเทือนอารมณ์ aşırı duygusal 過於傷感的 сентиментальний فضول میں جذباتی ủy mị, sướt mướt
adv ˈsloppily
morsig بِعاطِفَيَّه сладникаво ledabyle sjusket matschig τσαπατσούλικα, γλυκανάλατα desordenadamente räpaselt شلخته وار sotkuisesti sans soin בְּרִישוּל बेढंगेपन से neuredno nedvesen; felületesen; érzelgősen secara sembrono sóðalega sciattamente だらしなく 질척질척하게 nerūpestingai, skystai nekārtīgi; raudulīgi dengan cuai slordig sølet, sjusket niedbale, ckliwie desleixadamente neîngrijit неряшливо, небрежно ledabolo površno aljkavo hafsigt อย่างยุ่งเหยิง yarım yamalak 過於傷感地;草率地 неохайно, недбало اوپری انداز میں loãng, luộm thuộm ,sướt mướt
n ˈsloppiness
morsigheid عاطِفِيَّه تافِهَه сладникавост sentimentálnost sjuskethed die Matschigkeit τσαπατσουλιά, γλυκερότητα dejadez, desorden räpasus شلختگي sotkuisuus sensiblerie רִישוּל बेढंगापन bljutavost, neurednost nedvesség; hanyagság; ömlengés kesembronoan sóðaskapur sdolcinatezza だらしなさ 질척거림 skystumas, netvarkingumas nekārtīgums; raudulīgums kecuaian slordigheid, waterigheid sjuskethet niedbalstwo, ckliwość desleixo sentimentalism неряшливость, небрежность lajdáckosť; sentimentalita zanikrnost aljkavost hafsighet ความยุ่งเหยิง yarım yamalak iş yapma 粗心 неохайність, недбалість بے قاعدگی sự loãng, sự luộm thuộm, tính sướt mướt


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