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Slop

//slɒp// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Being or relating to slops (cheap or ready-made clothing). not-comparable, obsolete

Noun

1
A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall. obsolete
2
Semi-solid-like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp. uncountable
3
A policeman. uncommon
"Harry looked rather bulky, you know, Tom, and the slop (policeman) says, 'Hallo, what you got here?' and by [blank] he took us both before the beak. After hearing the slop tell his tale, he says to me: 'What do you know of this man? […]"
4
writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental wordnet
5
A flip-flop. South-Africa, in-plural

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6
Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs. countable, in-plural, sometimes, uncountable
7
wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk wordnet
8
Inferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food. countable, in-plural, uncountable
9
(usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink wordnet
10
Human urine or excrement. countable, dated, uncountable
11
(usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand wordnet
12
Domestic wastewater. countable, in-plural, sometimes, uncountable
13
deep soft mud in water or slush wordnet
14
Liquid carelessly spilled upon a surface; a soiled spot. countable, uncountable
15
Fellatio. countable, slang, uncountable
"All on my dick, she won't stop, yah"
16
A dance popular in the 1960s. countable, uncountable
"Do the monkey, do the pony"
17
Content or entertainment which is worthless, or produced and consumed mindlessly. countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable
"In a night spent surfing the television “datasphere” (to use another Cyberia buzzword), you can watch slop like Knight Rider 2010 (where virtual reality is a weekly plot point)"
18
Content or entertainment which is worthless, or produced and consumed mindlessly.; Junk output from generative artificial intelligence published in large quantities, posing as human-made content. Internet, countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable
"His post describes a sense of unease, paranoia and loneliness, expressing deep disappointment at the state of the modern internet. He suggests that AI has successfully drowned out the majority of online human activity, reshaping the internet into a more controlled, algorithmic form that exists only to sell products and ideas."

Verb

1
To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid. transitive
"I slopped water all over my shirt."
2
feed pigs wordnet
3
In a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot. transitive
4
cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container wordnet
5
To feed pigs. transitive

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6
ladle clumsily wordnet
7
To make one's way through soggy terrain. intransitive
"We slopped through paddies in 100-degree-plus heat and slept with one eye open at night."
8
walk through mud or mire wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ- Proto-Germanic *slup-? Old English *slop Middle English slop English slop From Middle English slop, sloppe, slope, from Old English *slop (found in oferslop (“an outergarment, surplice”)). Cognate with Icelandic sloppur (“a long, loose gown”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology tree Old English *sloppe Middle English *sloppe? English slop Probably from Middle English *sloppe (attested in plural form sloppes), representing Old English *sloppe (attested in cūsloppe), alternative form of Old English slyppe. Related to slip.

Etymology 4

Etymology 5

Alteration of ecilop, back slang for police.

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