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   slop

   /slɒp/

   verb

   • 1. (of a liquid) spill or flow over the edge of a container, typically as a result of careless handling: "water slopped over the edge of the sink"
   • ▪ cause (a liquid) to spill over the edge of a container: "I slopped coffee in my saucer"
   • ▪ (of liquid) move within a container, noisily slapping against the sides: "water slopped around in the bottom of the boat"
   • ▪ apply or pour (a liquid substance) in a casual or careless manner: "they spent their weekend slopping on paint"
   • ▪ wade through (a wet or muddy area): "they were slopping through paddy fields"
   • 2. dress in an untidy or casual manner: British "at weekends he would slop about in his oldest clothes"
   • 3. (especially in prison) empty the contents of a chamber pot: British "the indignity of slopping out"
   • 4. feed slops to (an animal): "they think a farmer's wife spends all her time slopping hogs"
   • 5. speak or write in a sentimentally effusive manner; gush: North American "she slopped over her dog"

   noun

   • 1. waste water from a kitchen, bathroom, or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand: "sink slops"
   • ▪ semi-liquid kitchen refuse, often used as animal food: "she emptied some slops for the chickens"
   • ▪ unappetizing semi-liquid food.
   • 2. sentimental language or material: North American "country music is not all commercial slop"
   • 3. a choppy sea.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘to spill, splash’): probably related to slip3. Early use of the noun denoted ‘slushy mud’, the first of the current senses (‘unappetizing food’) dating from the mid 17th century.

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