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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.
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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.]
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