slop
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Etymology 1 [edit]
Origin uncertain.
Noun [edit]
slop (plural slops)
- (now historical) A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
- (in the plural, obsolete) Loose trousers.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:
- Chrysippus said that some Philosophers would in open view of all men shew a dozen of tumbling-tricks, yea, without any slops or breeches, for a dozen of olives.
- Sir Philip Sidney
- A pair of slops.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:
Etymology 2 [edit]
Probably representing Old English *sloppe, related to slip.
Noun [edit]
slop (plural slops)
- (uncountable) A liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud, domestic liquid waste.
- scraps used as food for pigs
- (dated) Human urine or excrement.
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Translations [edit]
A liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud
scraps which are fed to pigs
Verb [edit]
slop (third-person singular simple present slops, present participle slopping, simple past and past participle slopped)
- (transitive) to spill or dump liquid, especially over the rim of a container when it moves.
- I slopped water all over my shirt.
- (transitive) In the game of pool or snooker to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
- (transitive) to feed pigs
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Dutch [edit]
Noun [edit]
slop n (plural sloppen, diminutive slopje)
- a bad situation
- run-down house, shanty
Synonyms [edit]
- (run-down house): krot
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Slovene [edit]
Noun [edit]
slop m inan.