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slop

1 [slop]

verb, slopped, slop⋅ping, noun

–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

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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slop¹ (slŏp)

Spilled or splashed liquid.
Soft mud or slush.
Unappetizing watery food or soup.
Waste food used to feed pigs or other animals; swill. Often used in the plural.
Mash remaining after alcohol distillation. Often used in the plural.
Human excrement. Often used in the plural.
Repulsively effusive writing or speech; drivel.

v. slopped, slop·ping, slops

v. intr.

To be spilled or splashed: Suds slopped over the rim of the washtub.
To spill over; overflow.
To walk heavily or messily in or as if in mud; plod: "He slopped along in broken slippers, hands in pockets, whistling" (Alan Sillitoe).
To express oneself effusively; gush.

v. tr.

To spill (liquid).
To spill liquid on.
To serve unappetizingly or clumsily; dish out: slopped some lasagna onto his plate.
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 (slŏp)

slops Articles of clothing and bedding issued or sold to sailors.
slops Short full trousers worn in the 16th century.
A loose outer garment, such as a smock or overalls.
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).]

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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.

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.

Slop

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

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.

Language Translation for : slop

Spanish: derramar(se), verter(se),

German: schwappen,

Japanese: パシャパシャはねる

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slop

n.
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 assembler 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 goodness of a compiler; slop below 5% is very good, and 10% is usually acceptable. With modern compiler technology, esp. on RISC machines, the compiler's slop may actually be _negative_; that is, humans may be unable to generate code as good. This is one of the reasons assembler programming is no longer common.

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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.

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.
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