slop

1. 1.

   wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk

   Synonymsslopsswillpigswillpigwash

   Broaderfeed
2. 2.

   deep soft mud in water or slush

   “they waded through the slop”

   Synonymsmire

   Broadermud
3. 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”

   Broaderwaste
4. 4.

   (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink

   “he lived on the thin slops that food kitchens provided”

   Broaderfood
5. 5.

   writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental

   Synonymstreaclemushglop

   Broadersentimentalism

1. 1.

   cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

   “spill the milk”

   “splatter water”

   Synonymsspillsplatter

   Broadermove
2. 2.

   walk through mud or mire

   “We had to splosh across the wet meadow”

   Synonymssquelchsquishsplashsploshslosh

   Broaderslog
3. 3.

   ladle clumsily

   “slop the food onto the plate”

   Broaderladle
4. 4.

   feed pigs

   Synonymsswill

   Broaderfeed

Other forms of slop

plural

slops·

past tense or participle

slopped

present participle

slopping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about slop

What does slop mean?

slop means "wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slop?

slop has 1 syllable: slop. In IPA it is /ˈslɑp/.

What is another word for slop?

Close synonyms include slops, swill, pigswill, pigwash, mire. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slop a common word?

slop is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.