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slop

1  [slop] verb, slopped, slop⋅ping, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to spill or splash (liquid).
2. to spill liquid upon.
3. to feed slop to (pigs or other livestock).
–verb (used without object)
4. to spill or splash liquid (sometimes fol. by about): The children happily slopped about in the puddles.
5. (of liquid) to spill or splash out of a container (usually fol. by over): The milk slopped over the rim of the glass.
6. to walk or go through mud, slush, or water.
7. Informal. to be unduly effusive or sentimental; gush (usually fol. by over).
8. to move in an idle, lazy, casual, or slovenly manner (usually fol. by around or about): to spend the weekend slopping around the house.
–noun
9. a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
10. badly cooked or unappetizing food or drink.
11. bran from bolted cornmeal mixed with an equal part of water and used as a feed for swine and other livestock.
12. any similar, watery feed; swill.
13. Often, slops.
a. the dirty water, liquid refuse, etc., of a household or the like.
b. tasteless or unappetizing soup, stew, or drink.
14. kitchen refuse; swill.
15. liquid mud.
16. slops, Distilling. the mash remaining after distilling.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME sloppe (n.), OE -sloppe (in cūsloppe cowslip, lit., cow slime); akin to slip 3

Synonyms:
2. splash, slosh, spatter.

slop

2  [slop]
–noun
1. slops,
a. clothing, bedding, etc., supplied to sailors from the ship's stores.
b. cheap, ready-made clothing in general.
c. short, baggy trousers, worn by men, esp. sailors, in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2. a loose-fitting overgarment, as a tunic or smock.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME slop, OE -slop (in oferslop overgarment); cf. MD overslop, ON yfirsloppr
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slop 1   (slŏp)   
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 2   (slŏp)   
n.  

  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).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
slop(s)

  1. n.
    bad beer; inferior liquor. : Why do we have to drink slops like this? Can't Tom afford to give his guests something decent?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

slop 
c.1400, "mudhole," probably from O.E. -sloppe "dung" (in cusloppe "cow dung"), related to slyppe "slime" (see slip (v.)). Meaning "semiliquid food" first recorded 1657; that of "refuse liquid of any kind" (usually slops) is from 1815. Verb meaning "to spill carelessly" is from 1557.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

slop jargon
1. A one-sided fudge factor, that is, an allowance for error but in only one of two directions. For example, if you need a piece of wire 10 feet long and have to guess when you cut it, you make very sure to cut it too long, by a large amount if necessary, rather than too short by even a little bit, because you can always cut off the slop but you can't paste it back on again. When discrete quantities are involved, slop is often introduced to avoid the possibility of being on the losing side of a fencepost error.
2. The percentage of "extra" code generated by a compiler over the size of equivalent assembly code produced by hand-hacking; i.e. the space (or maybe time) you lose because you didn't do it yourself. This number is often used as a measure of the quality of a compiler; slop below 5% is very good, and 10% is usually acceptable. Modern compilers, especially on RISCs, may actually have *negative* slop; that is, they may generate better code than humans. This is one of the reasons assembler programming is becoming less common.
[The Jargon File]
(1995-05-28)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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