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slop¹ (sl

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.]

slop² (sl

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).]

slop¹

vb slops, slopping, 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to feed slop or swill to to slop the pigs

5. (Cookery) (tr) to ladle or serve, esp clumsily

6. (intr; foll by over) Informal chiefly US and Canadian to be unpleasantly effusive

1. a puddle of spilt liquid

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (plural) wet feed, esp for pigs, made from kitchen waste, etc.

3. (Cookery) (plural) waste food or liquid refuse

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (plural) the beer, cider, etc., spilt from a barrel while being drawn

5. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (often plural) the residue left after spirits have been distilled

6. (Cookery) (often plural) Informal liquid or semiliquid food of low quality

7. soft mud, snow, etc.

8. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Informal gushing speech or writing

[probably from Old English -sloppe in cūsloppe cowslip; see slip³]

slop²

1. (Transport / 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]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	slop - wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk pigswill, pigwash, slops, swill feed, provender - food for domestic livestock
	2.	slop - deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop" mire 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.	slop - writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental glop, treacle, mush sentimentalism - 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" spill, splatter 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" squish, slosh, splash, splosh, squelch 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 swill 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) A little cognac slopped over the edge of the glass.

noun

scraps, leftovers, dregs, debris, crumbs, detritus, leavings Breakfast plates were collected and the slops emptied.

Translations

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

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

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 out VI + ADV (Brit) vaciar los cubos usados como retretes por los prisioneros en sus celdas

slop [ˈslɒp]

[water, liquid] → déborder

vt (= spill) [+ water, liquid] → renverser

slop

(= spill) → (über)schwappen; to slop over (into something) → überschwappen (→ in etw acc)

to slop around (= splash) → herumschwappen (inf); (fig inf, in slippers etc) → herumschlurfen

vt (= spill) → verschütten; (= pour out) → schütten

(inf: sentimental) → rührseliges Zeug, Schmalz m

(= tasteless food: also slops) → Schlabber m (inf)

(usu pl, = waste) → Schmutzwasser nt, → Abwasser nt; (= swill) → Schweinetrank m

slop [slɒp]

1. vi (also slop over) → traboccare, versarsi
the water was slopping about in the bucket → l'acqua quasi traboccava dal secchio

2. vt → versare, rovesciare
see also slops

slop [slɒp]

1. vi (also slop over) → traboccare, versarsi
the water was slopping about in the bucket → l'acqua quasi traboccava dal secchio

2. vt → versare, rovesciare
see also slops

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 (액체 등이) 튀기다 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 溢出

adj sloppy

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 질퍽한 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 流质（食品）

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, 너절한 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 粗心的

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 过于伤感的

adv sloppily

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 过于伤感地；草率地

n sloppiness

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 粗心

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