/ slɒp; NAmE slɑːp/ verb , noun
■ verb ( -pp- )
1.
[ v + adv. / prep. ] ( of a liquid ) to move around in a container, often so that some liquid comes out over the edge :
Water was slopping around in the bottom of the boat.
As he put the glass down the beer slopped over onto the table.
2.
[ vn , usually + adv. / prep. ] to make liquid or food come out of a container in an untidy way
SYN spill :
He got out of the bath, slopping water over the sides.
She slopped some beans onto a plate.
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PHRASAL VERBS
- slop about / around
- slop out
■ noun [ U ] (also slops [ pl. ])
1.
waste food, sometimes fed to animals
2.
liquid or partly liquid waste, for example urine or dirty water from baths :
a slop bucket
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent. (in the sense to spill, splash ). Early use of the noun denoted slushy mud , the first of the current senses ( unappetizing food ) dating from the mid 17th cent.