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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SLOP, v.t. [probably allied to lap.] To drink greedily and grossly. [Little used.]
SLOP, n. [probably allied to slabber.]
1. Water carelessly thrown about on a table or floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
2. Mean liquor; mean liquid food.
SLOP, n. Trowsers; a loose lower garment; drawers; hence, ready made clothes.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk [syn: slop, slops, swill, pigswill, pigwash]
2: deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop" [syn: slop, mire]
3: (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"
4: (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink; "he lived on the thin slops that food kitchens provided"
5: writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental [syn: treacle, mush, slop, glop] v
1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn: spill, slop, splatter]
2: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" [syn: squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop]
3: ladle clumsily; "slop the food onto the plate"
4: feed pigs [syn: slop, swill]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English sloppe, probably from Middle Dutch slop; akin to Old English oferslop surplice Date: 14th century 1. a loose smock or overall 2. plural short full breeches worn by men in the 16th century 3. plural articles (as clothing) sold to sailors II. noun Etymology: Middle English sloppes, probably from Old English -sloppe (in c?-sloppe cowslip, literally, cow dung); akin to Old English slypa slime — more at slip Date: 15th century 1. soft mud ; slush 2. thin tasteless drink or liquid food — usually used in plural 3. liquid spilled or splashed 4. a. food waste (as garbage) fed to animals ; swill 2a b. excreted body waste — usually used in plural c. a product of little or no value ; rubbish <watching the usual slop on TV> 5. sentimental effusiveness in speech or writing ; gush III. verb (slopped; slopping) Date: 1557 transitive verb 1. a. to spill from a container b. to splash or spill liquid on c. to cause (a liquid) to splash 2. to dish out messily 3. to eat or drink greedily or noisily 4. to feed slop to <slop the hogs> intransitive verb 1. to tramp in mud or slush 2. to become spilled or splashed 3. to be effusive ; gush 4. to pass beyond or exceed a boundary or limit

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v. (slopped, slopping) 1 (often foll. by over) a intr. spill or flow over the edge of a vessel. b tr. allow to do this. 2 tr. make (the floor, clothes, etc.) wet or messy by slopping, spill or splash liquid on. 3 intr. (usu. foll. by over) gush; be effusive or maudlin. --n. 1 a quantity of liquid spilled or splashed. 2 weakly sentimental language. 3 (in pl.) waste liquid, esp. dirty water or the waste contents of kitchen, bedroom, or prison vessels. 4 (in sing. or pl.) unappetizing weak liquid food. 5 Naut. a choppy sea. Phrases and idioms: slop about move about in a slovenly manner. slop-basin Brit. a basin for the dregs of cups at table. slop out carry slops out (in prison etc.). slop-pail a pail for removing bedroom or kitchen slops. Etymology: earlier sense 'slush', prob. rel. to slyppe: cf. COWSLIP 2. n. 1 a workman's loose outer garment. 2 (in pl.) ready-made or cheap clothing. 3 (in pl.) clothes and bedding supplied to sailors in the navy. 4 (in pl.) archaic wide baggy trousers esp. as worn by sailors. Etymology: ME: cf. OE oferslop surplice f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slop Slop, v. i. To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slop Slop, n. [AS. slop a frock or over-garment, fr. sl?pan to slip, to slide; akin to Icel sloppr a thin garment; cf. OHG. slouf a garment. Cf. Slip, v. i.] 1. Any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a night dress, or a smock frock. [Obs.] --Halliwell. 2. A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural. ``A pair of slops.'' --Sir P. Sidney. There's a French salutation to your French slop. --Shak. 3. pl. Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slop Slop, n. [OE. sloppe a pool; akin to As. sloppe, slyppe, the sloppy droppings of a cow; cf. AS. sl?pan to slip, and E. slip, v.i. Cf. Cowslip.] 1. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot. 2. Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural. 3. pl. Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc. Slop basin, or Slop bowl, a basin or bowl for holding slops, especially for receiving the rinsings of tea or coffee cups at the table. Slop molding (Brickmaking), a process of manufacture in which the brick is carried to the drying ground in a wet mold instead of on a pallet.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slop Slop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Slopping.] 1. To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill. 2. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(slops, slopping, slopped) 1. If liquid slops from a container or if you slop liquid somewhere, it comes out over the edge of the container, usually accidentally. A little cognac slopped over the edge of the glass... Refilling his cup, she slopped some tea into the saucer. VERB: V adv/prep, V n adv/prep, also V, V n 2. You can use slop or slops to refer to liquid waste containing the remains of food. Breakfast plates were collected and the slops emptied. N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Spill.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Tea. How the blowens lush the slop. How the wenches drink tea!

Moby Thesaurus

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