[slop] n [ME sloppe, prob. fr. MD slop; akin to OE oferslop surplice] (14c) 1: a loose smock or overall
2. pl: short full breeches worn by men in the 16th century 3 pl: articles (as clothing) sold to sailors
[2]slop n [ME sloppe] (15c) 1: soft mud: slush
2: thin tasteless drink or liquid food--usu. used in pl.
3: liquid spilled or splashed
4. a: food waste (as garbage) fed to animals: swill 2a b: excreted body waste--usu. used in pl.
5: sentimental effusiveness in speech or writing: gush [3]slop vb slopped ; slop.ping vt (1557) 1 a: to spill from a container b: to splash or spill liquid on c: to cause (a liquid) to splash
2: to dish out messily
3: to eat or drink greedily or noisily
4: to feed slop to "~ the hogs" ~ vi 1: to tramp in mud or slush
2: to become spilled or splashed
3: to be effusive: gush
4: to pass beyond or exceed a boundary or limit