slop
1. wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
slops, swill, pigswill, pigwash
• Derivationally related forms:
swill (for: swill)
• Hypernyms:
feed, provender
2. deep soft mud in water or slush
- they waded through the slop
• Syn:
mire
• Derivationally related forms:
sloppy
• Hypernyms:
mud, clay
3. (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand
- she carried out the sink slops
• Hypernyms:
waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
4. (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink
- he lived on the thin slops that food kitchens provided
• Hypernyms:
food, solid food
5. writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
• Syn:
treacle, mush, glop
• Derivationally related forms:
sloppy, treacly (for: treacle)
• Hypernyms:
sentimentalism
1. cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container (Freq. 2)
- spill the milk
- splatter water
• Syn:
spill, splatter
• Derivationally related forms:
spill (for: spill), spiller (for: spill), spillage (for: spill)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Verb Group:
spill, shed, disgorge, run out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- The women slop water into the bowl
2. walk through mud or mire (Freq. 1)
- We had to splosh across the wet meadow
• Syn:
squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh
• Hypernyms:
slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
3. ladle clumsily
- slop the food onto the plate
• Hypernyms:
ladle, lade, laden
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. feed pigs
• Syn:
swill
• Derivationally related forms:
swill (for: swill)
• Hypernyms:
feed, give
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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