slop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
  2. A flip-flop.
adj
  1. Being or relating to slops (cheap or ready-made clothing).
noun
  1. Semi-solid-like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp.
  2. Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
  3. Inferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food.
  4. Human urine or excrement.
  5. Domestic wastewater.
  6. Liquid carelessly spilled upon a surface; a soiled spot.
  7. Fellatio.
  8. A dance popular in the 1960s.
  9. Content or entertainment which is worthless, or produced and consumed mindlessly.
  10. Junk output from generative artificial intelligence published in large quantities, posing as human-made content.
verb
  1. To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
  2. In a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
  3. To feed pigs.
  4. To make one's way through soggy terrain.
noun
  1. A policeman.

Pronunciation

/slɒp/ /slɑp/ en-us-slop.ogg

Word forms

slop slops slopping slopped

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ- Proto-Germanic *slup-? Old English *slop Middle English slop English slop From Middle English slop, sloppe, slope, from Old English *slop (found in oferslop (“an outergarment, surplice”)). Cognate with Icelandic sloppur (“a long, loose gown”).

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 泔水 French: bouillie French: soupe Spanish: méndigo Spanish: bazofia Spanish: slop
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