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slops

noun

Meaning

  1. A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) A rubber thong sandal.
  3. (in the plural) See slops.
  4. Liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud.
  5. (sometimes in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
  6. (chiefly in the plural) Inferior, weak drink or liquid food.
  7. (sometimes in the plural) Domestic liquid waste; household wastewater.
  8. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown about, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
  9. Human urine or excrement.
  10. (costers) A policeman.
  11. Loose trousers.
  12. Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.
  13. Clothing and bedding issued to sailors.
  14. A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
  15. (chiefly in the plural) A rubber thong sandal.
  16. (in the plural) See slops.
  17. Liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud.
  18. (sometimes in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
  19. (chiefly in the plural) Inferior, weak drink or liquid food.
  20. (sometimes in the plural) Domestic liquid waste; household wastewater.
  21. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown about, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
  22. Human urine or excrement.
  23. To spill or dump liquid, especially over the rim of a container when it moves.
  24. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
  25. In the game of pool or snooker to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
  26. To feed pigs
  27. (costers) A policeman.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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