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sloppy, a.|ˈslɒpɪ|
Also 8 (9 dial.) slappy.
[f. slop n.2 + -y1.]
1. Of ground, etc.: Very wet and splashy; covered with water or thin mud.
1727Bailey (vol. II), Sloppy,..plashy. 1727Boyer Dict. Royal, Gacheux,..slabby, slappy, plashy. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 207 Notwithstanding some trifling inconveniences of sloppy roads. 1798Jefferson Writ. (1859) IV. 215 It is snowing fast at this time, and the most sloppy walking I ever saw. 1806Beresford Miseries Hum. Life iii. ix, Cricket on very sloppy ground. 1837Dickens Pickw. li, The streets were wet and sloppy. 1890F. W. Robinson Very Strange Family 4 A wet, sloppy, windy, October day.
2. Of a semi-liquid consistency; watery and disagreeable:
a. Of snow, etc.
1794T. Gisborne Walks in Forest vi. (1796) 98 Sloppy pools In the surrounding pulp lay stagnant. 1830Q. Rev. XLII. 81 You have the varieties of deep and fresh snow, soft and sloppy, or covered with a crackling coat of ice. 1846Peter Parley's Ann. VII. 10 The rain began to fall, the ice to get sloppy. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. iii. 27 A glacier, the ice of which was covered by sloppy snow.
b. Of articles of diet.
1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan I. 412 Pure indeed!.. Nasty, sloppy stuff. 1828Sporting Mag. XXII. 209 She has lived on sloppy mashes and green meat. 1866Mrs. Gaskell Wives & Dau. xl, Having had to eat sloppy puddings with a fork instead of a spoon.
3. a. Splashed or soiled with liquid; wet from slopping; covered with slops; messy.
1838Dickens Nich. Nick. x, A silver coffee-pot, an egg-shell, and sloppy china for one. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair lxvi, Idlers, playing cards or dominoes on the sloppy, beery tables. 1882B. M. Croker Proper Pride I. viii. 155 Passing a very sloppy cup recklessly towards her.
b. colloq. Of the sea: choppy.
1970Studies in English (Univ. of Cape Town) I. 26 Mushy, or sloppy surf, indicates a troubled, choppy water surface which would be difficult to ride. 1977Austral. Sailing Jan. 69/1 However the sloppy Botany Bay conditions plus a series of freakish thunder storms made the series wide open.
4. a. Weak, feeble; lacking in firmness or precision; slovenly.
1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan I. 73 Each after a fashion of his own—more or less dignified or sloppy, as he is more or less afraid of being caught. 1881Academy 15 Oct. 289 Too prone to indulge in sloppy English. 1897Bookman Jan. 123/2 Seventeen sloppy and scandalously inaccurate pages.
b. colloq. Weakly sentimental.
1883‘Mark Twain’ Life on Miss. xlviii. 482 The sloppy twaddle in the way of answers, furnished by Manchester. 1919J. C. Snaith Love Lane xxxi. 163 The Corporal stopped suddenly, took Melia in his arms and kissed her. It was a sloppy thing to do, unworthy of old married people. 1936R. Lehmann Weather in Streets ii. 53 Kate said with a funny look, as if she were saying something a tiny bit embarrassing, on the sloppy side. 1959[see drip n. 3 c].
c. Comb., as sloppy-minded, sloppy-mindedness.
1903G. B. Shaw Let. 15 Sept. (1946) 18 Sloppyminded lunatics. 1965B. Sweet-Escott Baker Street Irregular ii. 43 He had a sharp tongue for the sloppy-minded and the half-baked. 1976Listener 22 July 89/2 This final hymn to sloppy-mindedness.
5. Of dress: Loose, slack, ill-fitting.
1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Sloppy, loose, wide. 1852Maitland Eight Ess. 236 Adorned with a sloppy dressing⁓gown. 1882Queen 7 Oct. (Cassell), It must not be imagined that, to be easy, dress must necessarily be sloppy.
6. Special collocations: Sloppy Joe, sloppy joe colloq., (a) used attrib. and absol. to designate a loose-fitting sweater; (b) U.S., a kind of hamburger in which the minced-beef filling is made into a kind of meat sauce; (c) a slovenly person.
1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §87/32 Sloppy Joe, a loose cardigan sweater. 1943Knitted Outerwear Times 15 May 1/1 You can't look like Lana Turner in a Sloppy Joe. Well—maybe Lana could. 1944Life 15 May 67/1 (caption) Traditional garb of all school girls is ‘Sloppy Joe’ sweater, single string of pearls, pleated skirt, socks and shoes. 1958E. Hyams Taking it Easy ii. 147 The young men were dressed in fashionable jeans and sloppy joes. 1961R. E. Church Burger Cook Bk. i. 42 Sloppy Joes{ddd}ground beef..onions..celery..sweet pickle relish..brown sugar..Worcestershire sauce..chili sauce..vinegar..green pepper..hamburger buns. 1961Webster, Sloppy joe.., a man who is negligent of his clothes or personal appearance. 1966‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 99 Sloppy Joe, a careless, shiftless person. 1974Washington Post 1 Aug. d1/2 Bill Myer..sits in the cafeteria..eating sloppy joes. 1980Ibid. 17 Jan. b5/1 Teen-agers wore a baggier variety [of sweater], often pairing ‘sloppy joe’ sweater..with pleated skirts. |