Definitions and meaning of slop
slop
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /slɒp/
- (General American) IPA(key): /slɑp/
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- Rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology 1
From Middle English slop, sloppe, slope, from Old English *slop (found in oferslop (“an outergarment, surplice”)). Cognate with Icelandic sloppur (“a long, loose gown”).
Noun
slop (plural slops)
- (obsolete) A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
- (South Africa, chiefly in the plural) A flip-flop.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:flip-flop
Adjective
slop (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Being or relating to slops (cheap or ready-made clothing).
Etymology 2
Probably from Middle English *sloppe (attested in plural form sloppes), representing Old English *sloppe (attested in cūsloppe), related to slip.
Noun
slop (countable and uncountable, plural slops)
- (uncountable) Semi-solid-like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp.
- (sometimes in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
- Synonyms: hogwash, swill
- (chiefly in the plural) Inferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food.
- (dated) Human urine or excrement.
- (sometimes in the plural) Domestic wastewater.
- Liquid carelessly spilled upon a surface; a soiled spot.
- (slang) Fellatio.
- Synonym: sloppy toppy
- (preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s.
- (Internet slang, derogatory) Content or media of little-to-no value, especially that which is produced consistently and according to trends to satisfy a recommendation algorithm or consumerist demands.
- Synonym: nontent
- (artificial intelligence, derogatory) Junk output from generative artificial intelligence published on the Internet in large quantities, posing as human-made content.
- Synonym: AI slop
- Hypernym: spam
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Translations
Verb
slop (third-person singular simple present slops, present participle slopping, simple past and past participle slopped)
- (transitive) To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
- (transitive, games) In a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
- (transitive) To feed pigs.
- (intransitive) To make one's way through soggy terrain.
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Etymology 3
Alteration of ecilop, back slang for police.
Noun
slop (plural slops)
- (uncommon, costermongers) A policeman.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:police officer
Related terms
Further reading
- slop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- slop (clothing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- AI slop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- splo, POLS, pols, LPOs, lops
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slɔp/
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- Rhymes: -ɔp
Noun
slop n (plural sloppen, diminutive slopje n)
- a bad situation
- run-down house, shanty
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Slovene
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
slȍp m inan
- pillar
Declension
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Further reading
- “slop”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “slop”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Source: wiktionary.org