Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.

    I slopped water all over my shirt.

  2. (transitive)In a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.

  3. (transitive)To feed pigs.

    feed pigs

  4. (intransitive)To make one's way through soggy terrain.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The pigs ate slop.

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  2. Pigs eat slop.

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  3. Don't be slopping about with him. You'd better give him a thick ear.

    ruНе сюсюкай с ним, лучше дай ему подзатыльник. — V_Zmoova

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

Probably from Middle English *sloppe (attested in plural form sloppes), representing Old E

Probably from Middle English *sloppe (attested in plural form sloppes), representing Old English *sloppe (attested in cūsloppe), alternative form of Old English slyppe. Related to slip.

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Forms

slops, slopping, slopped, slopped
Base formslop · to slop
3rd person singularslops
Present participleslopping
Past simpleslopped
Past participleslopped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyslop
he, she, itslops

Past simpleLesson

all personsslopped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave slopped
he, she, ithas slopped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill slop

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
DerivedsloppyB2unslopped

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
slobberslogsloganB1slopeB1
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