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slop

DEFINITIONS OF: slop

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n deep soft mud in water or slush

“they waded through the slop”
Synonyms:
mire
Type of:
clay, mud
water soaked soil; soft wet earth

n (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink

“he lived on the thin slops that food kitchens provided”
Type of:
food, solid food
any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment

n wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk

Synonyms:
pigswill, pigwash, slops, swill
Type of:
feed, provender
food for domestic livestock

n (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand

“she carried out the sink slops”
Type of:
waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

n writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental

Synonyms:
glop, mush, treacle
Type of:
sentimentalism
the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form

v cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

Synonyms:
spill, splatter
disgorge, shed, spill
cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
run out, spill
flow, run or fall out and become lost
Type of:
displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

v walk through mud or mire

Synonyms:
slosh, splash, splosh, squelch, squish
Type of:
footslog, pad, plod, slog, tramp, trudge
walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

v ladle clumsily

“slop the food onto the plate”
Type of:
lade, laden, ladle
remove with or as if with a ladle

v feed pigs

Synonyms:
swill
Type of:
feed, give
give food to
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