slop 1 (slŏp) n. 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.] |