26984 words

slop

4 definitions • 5 examples
1
to cause a liquid to flow over the edge of a container through not taking care or making a rough movement:

Examples:

Careful, you've just slopped coffee all over the carpet!
Water slopped out of the bucket as he carried it up the stairs.
2
food that is more liquid than it should be and is therefore unpleasant:

Examples:

Have you tried the slop that they call stew in the canteen?
3
liquid or wet food waste, especially when it is fed to animals:

Examples:

We feed the slops to the pigs.
4
(of a liquid) to flow or fall over the edge of a container, or to cause a liquid to do this:

Examples:

[ I ] The coffee slopped onto the tablecloth.

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