slop¹ /slop/

1. Slush
2. Spilled liquid
3. A puddle
4. (in pl) urine and faeces collected in a bucket
5. (in pl) waste food
6. (in pl) weak or insipid liquor or semi-liquid food, esp as fed to pigs
7. (in pl) wishy-washy sentiment

1. To spill
2. To splash with slops
3. To slobber

1. To wash away
2. To feed slops to

1. To walk carelessly in slush or water
2. To express oneself effusively (esp N American)

sloppˈily adverb

sloppˈiness noun

sloppˈy adjective

1. Wet or muddy
2. Wishy-washy, watery
3. (of work or language) slipshod
4. Over-sentimental
5. Maudlin
6. (of clothes) baggy

slop basin or slop bowl noun

A basin for waste liquids at table

slop bucket or slop pail noun

A pail for removing bedroom slops or used by prisoners to slop out

slop out

1. (of a prisoner) to take away and empty out a bucket containing urine and faeces
2. To take slops from (a cell)

slop² /slop/

1. A loose garment, such as a gown, cassock or smock-frock
2. (in pl) wide baggy trousers or breeches
3. The wide part of these
4. (in pl) poor quality ready-made clothing
5. (in pl) clothes and bedding issued to seamen

slopˈ-built adjective

Jerry-built

slopˈ-chest noun

1. A supply of clothing taken on board a ship to sell to seamen
2. A seaman's chest for keeping clothes and bedding in

slopˈ-clothing noun

slopˈ-pouch noun

sloppy joe noun (informal)

1. A large, loose sweater
2. A runny mixture of minced beef and sauce served on a half roll (N American)

slopˈ-seller noun

slopˈ-shop noun

A shop for ready-made clothes

slopˈwork noun

1. The making of slop-clothing
2. Cheap inferior work

slop³ /slop/ (obsolete)

A policeman

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