slop1

verb (slops, slopping, slopped)

• 1 [no object, with adverbial of direction] (of a liquid) spill or flow over the edge of a container, typically as a result of careless handling:water slopped over the edge of the sink
• [with object] cause (a liquid) to spill over the edge of a container:I slopped coffee in my saucer
• (of liquid) move within a container, noisily slapping against the sides: water slopped around in the bottom of the boat
• [with object and adverbial] apply or pour (a liquid substance) in a casual or careless manner:they spent their weekend slopping on paint
• (slop through) wade through (a wet or muddy area):they were slopping through paddy fields

• 2 [no object] (slop about/around) chiefly British dress in an untidy or casual manner:at weekends he would slop about in his oldest clothes

• 3 [no object] (slop out) British (especially in prison) empty the contents of a chamber pot: (as noun slopping out)the indignity of slopping out

• 4 [with object] feed slops to (an animal): they think a farmer’s wife spends all her time slopping hogs

• 5 [no object] chiefly North American speak or write in a sentimentally effusive manner; gush:she slopped over her dog

noun

• 1 (slops) waste water from a kitchen, bathroom, or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand:sink slops
• semi-liquid kitchen refuse, often used as animal food: she emptied some slops for the chickens
• unappetizing semi-liquid food.

• 2 [mass noun] chiefly North American sentimental language or material:country music is not all commercial slop

• 3 Nautical a choppy sea.