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Word: Slop
Speech Type: Verb
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘to spill, splash’): probably related to slip. Early use of the noun denoted ‘slushy mud’, the first of the current senses (‘unappetizing food’) dating from the mid 17th century
slɒp
(of a liquid) spill or flow over the edge of a container, typically as a result of careless handling
Short Definition:spill or flow over edge of container
Examples:- water slopped over the edge of the sink
dress in an untidy or casual manner
Short Definition:dress in untidy or casual manner
Examples:- at weekends he would slop about in his oldest clothes
(especially in prison) empty the contents of a chamber pot
Short Definition:empty contents of chamber pot
Examples:- the indignity of slopping out
feed slops to (an animal)
Short Definition:feed slops to
Examples:- they think a farmer's wife spends all her time slopping hogs
speak or write in a sentimentally effusive manner; gush
Short Definition:speak or write in sentimentally effusive manner
Examples:- she slopped over her dog
Word: Slop
Speech Type: Noun
slɒp
waste water from a kitchen, bathroom, or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand
Short Definition:waste water from kitchen, bathroom, or chamber pot
Examples:- sink slops
sentimental language or material
Short Definition:sentimental language or material
Examples:- country music is not all commercial slop
a choppy sea.
Short Definition:choppy sea
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