Definitions for: Slop


[n] wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
[v] feed pigs
[v] cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"
[v] ladle clumsily; "slop the food onto the plate"
[v] walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"



Webster (1913) Definition: Slop, n. [OE. sloppe a pool; akin to As. sloppe, slyppe,
the sloppy droppings of a cow; cf. AS. sl?pan to slip, and E.
slip, v.i. Cf. Cowslip.]
1. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt,
as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

2. Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the
plural.

3. pl. Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed
or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc.

Slop basin, or Slop bowl, a basin or bowl for holding
slops, especially for receiving the rinsings of tea or
coffee cups at the table.

Slop molding (Brickmaking), a process of manufacture in
which the brick is carried to the drying ground in a wet
mold instead of on a pallet.


Slop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slopped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slopping.]
1. To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the
vessel containing it; to spill.

2. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.


Slop, v. i.
To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the
vessel containing it; -- often with over.


Slop, n. [AS. slop a frock or over-garment, fr. sl?pan to
slip, to slide; akin to Icel sloppr a thin garment; cf. OHG.
slouf a garment. Cf. Slip, v. i.]
1. Any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a
night dress, or a smock frock. [Obs.] --Halliwell.

2. A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the
plural. ``A pair of slops.'' --Sir P. Sidney.

There's a French salutation to your French slop.
--Shak.

3. pl. Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing,
bedding, and other furnishings.

Synonyms: pigswill, pigwash, slops, slosh, spill, splash, splatter, splosh, squelch, squish, swill, swill

See Also: displace, feed, feed, footslog, give, lade, laden, ladle, move, pad, plod, provender, slog, tramp, trudge

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