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| slop [ slop ] |
noun |
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1. something spilled: a liquid that has spilled or overflowed
  Look at all the slop on the floor!
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2. mud or slush: soft mud or slushy snow
How far do we have to wade through this slop?
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3. unappealing food: poor-quality unappetizing or watery food
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often used in the plural
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4. human waste: human waste, e.g. urine
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5. overly sentimental writing or speech: overly emotional or sentimental speech or writing without any literary value
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informal
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He has gotten rich by writing pure slop and is proud of it.
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6. food industry mash: what remains of the mash after an alcoholic beverage has been distilled
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often used in the plural
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plural noun slops |
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hog feed: leftover food, especially kitchen waste, that is fed to hogs
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verb (past and past participle slopped, present participle slop·ping, 3rd person present singular slops) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb spill liquid: to spill a liquid, or be spilled on or over somebody or something
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2. intransitive verb walk through mud or water: to trudge or splash through water, mud, or slush
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3. transitive verb serve food messily: to serve food in a careless and unappetizing way
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4. transitive verb feed animals slops: to feed kitchen waste to hogs and other livestock
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5. intransitive verb write gushily: to write or speak about something in an overly emotional or sentimental way
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informal
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| [14th century. < Old English sloppe "dung" < Germanic] |
