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Synonyms for slop

Grammar : Verb
Spell : slop
Phonetic Transcription : slÉ’p

Top 10 synonyms for slop
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Définition of slop

Origin :
  • c.1400, "mudhole," probably from Old English -sloppe "dung" (in plant name cusloppe, literally "cow dung"), related to slyppe "slime" (see slip (v.)). Meaning "semiliquid food" first recorded 1650s; that of "refuse liquid of any kind, household liquid waste" (usually slops) is from 1815. Meaning "affected or sentimental material" is from 1866.
  • verb splash; make a mess
Example sentences :
  • And now, if you don't want me to bleed to death get me out of this slop, and--yes,--easy!
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • It'll be bung full of women but it won't have a word of slop from beginning to end!
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Do you remember how we swore that we would never have anything to do with Slop?
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • "I expect I ought to go back and start in on that slop diet again," says he.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • In each of these cells was a narrow bedstead and a stone jug and slop bucket.
  • Extract from : « Dulcibel » by Henry Peterson
  • It was on the slop he had worn in the fight at the "Good Woman," and came only from the nose.
  • Extract from : « The Toilers of the Field » by Richard Jefferies
  • A cook in a white cap came to one port and threw some slop into the sea.
  • Extract from : « Swept Out to Sea » by W. Bertram Foster
  • Fill carefully so as not to slop the sides, and serve at once.
  • Extract from : « Dishes & Beverages of the Old South » by Martha McCulloch Williams
  • Slop sinks have practically the same connections as the closets.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Plumbing » by Samuel Dibble
  • The use of the water-closet as a slop sink is not only legitimate but desirable.
  • Extract from : « Convenient Houses » by Louis Henry Gibson

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