slop
verb /slɒp/
/slɑːp/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they slop | /slɒp/ /slɑːp/ |
| he / she / it slops | /slɒps/ /slɑːps/ |
| past simple slopped | /slɒpt/ /slɑːpt/ |
| past participle slopped | /slɒpt/ /slɑːpt/ |
| -ing form slopping | /ˈslɒpɪŋ/ /ˈslɑːpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of a liquid) to move around in a container, often so that some liquid comes out over the edge
- Water was slopping around in the bottom of the boat.
- As he put the glass down the beer slopped over onto the table.
- He took another step as the water slopped around his ankles.
- [transitive] slop something (+ adv./prep.) to make liquid or food come out of a container in an untidy way synonym spill
- He got out of the bath, slopping water over the sides.
- She slopped some beans onto a plate.
- She slopped some of the egg mixture over the side of the bowl.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘to spill, splash’). Early use of the noun denoted ‘slushy mud’, the first of the current senses (‘unappetizing food’) dating from the mid 17th cent.