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  • 1slop — ► VERB (slopped, slopping) 1) (of a liquid) spill or flow over the edge of a container. 2) apply casually or carelessly. 3) (slop out) (especially in prison) empty the contents of a chamber pot. 4) (slop about/around) chiefly Brit. dress in an… …

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  • 2slop — [v] splash; make a mess dash, drip, flounder, let run out, let run over, overflow, slosh, smear, smudge, spatter, spill, splatter, spray, wallow; concept 250 Ant. clean up …

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  • 3slop — 1 verb slopped, slopping 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep) if liquid in a container slops, it moves around or over the edge in an uncontrolled way (+ around/about/over): The water slopped around in the bucket. 2 (T) to make liquid do this: slop… …

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  • 4slop — slop1 [slɔp US sla:p] v past tense and past participle slopped present participle slopping 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition] if liquid slops somewhere, it moves around or over the edge of a container in an uncontrolled way = ↑splash ▪ Coffee… …

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  • 5slop — 1. v. & n. v. (slopped, slopping) 1 (often foll. by over) a intr. spill or flow over the edge of a vessel. b tr. allow to do this. 2 tr. make (the floor, clothes, etc.) wet or messy by slopping, spill or splash liquid on. 3 intr. (usu. foll. by… …

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  • 6slop — slop1 /slop/, v., slopped, slopping, n. v.t. 1. to spill or splash (liquid). 2. to spill liquid upon. 3. to feed slop to (pigs or other livestock). v.i. 4. to spill or splash liquid (sometimes fol. by about): The children happily slopped about in …

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  • 7slop — I [[t]slɒp[/t]] v. slopped, slop•ping, n. 1) to spill or splash (liquid) 2) to spill liquid upon 3) ahb. to feed slop to (pigs or other livestock) 4) to spill or splash liquid: children slopping about in a puddle[/ex] 5) (of liquid) to spill or… …

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  • 8slop — slop1 verb (slops, slopping, slopped) 1》 (of a liquid) spill or flow over the edge of a container.     ↘apply (a liquid substance) casually or carelessly.     ↘(slop out) Brit. (in prison) empty the contents of a chamber pot. 2》 (slop through)… …

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  • 9slop — [[t]slɒ̱p[/t]] slops, slopping, slopped 1) V ERG If liquid slops from a container, it comes out over the edge of the container, usually accidentally. [V adv/prep] A little cognac slopped over the edge of the glass... [V n adv/prep] Refilling his… …

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  • 10slop — Synonyms and related words: asperge, bathos, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, bilge, bilgewater, bleeding heart, bolt, bones, carrion, cascade, cataract, chaff, chuckhole, clay, cloyingness, cram, culm, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, deadwood, deluge,… …

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