I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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out
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There has been talk of a commitment to do away with slopping out by 1994.
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As a result, we shall end overcrowding by 1995 and slopping out by 1994.
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Reference has been made to commitments about ending slopping out .
■ NOUN
water
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And beneath his feet Hencke could hear the terrifying noise of water beginning to slop its way through the bilges.
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As I looked up, I saw that water was beginning to slop in and trickle down the wall.
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Another step down, and the water was slopping round his ankles.
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As the stagnant water slopped back and forth their reflections mouthed sleepily, a hundred mouths.
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He left the bathroom in a terrible mess, with water slopped all over the floor and the towel sopping.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And beneath his feet Hencke could hear the terrifying noise of water beginning to slop its way through the bilges.
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As a result, we shall end overcrowding by 1995 and slopping out by 1994.
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As she slopped about in the cooling water, Jess pondered over this peculiarity.
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It is wrong to slop and make messes that others have to clear up behind one.
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Jan slopped two tea bags into the bin and scooped sugar into her cup.
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Now it passed even closer and made a circle, so tight that the wash slopped on to our deck.
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There has been talk of a commitment to do away with slopping out by 1994.
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With each wave a gush of water spurted up into your armpit and slopped into the cabin.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bucket
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Men who had emptied their slop buckets were returning to their cells.
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There was a table and two wooden chairs at the far end by the slop buckets .
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Clinton sat down beside the slop bucket and smiled at the two men.
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So the bread was deposited in the slop bucket .
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But not as sick as Vicky, who every morning now staggered up to retch helplessly into the slop bucket .
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Robinson smiled as he lifted the plastic cover from the slop bucket to reveal a lump of excrement.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I'm not eating that slop .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Behind the slop was a grass back.
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Drawbacks are the introduction of a bit more slop in the system and the potential for reduced access in tight spots.
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Happy as a hog in slop , is what I am.
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What you get: automatic, maximum traction in all off-and on-road slop for the very lazy.