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slop
     1. n. (now historical) A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
     2. n. (in the obsolete) Loose trousers.
     3. n. A liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud, domestic liquid waste.
     4. n. Scraps used as food for pigs.
     5. n. (dated) Human urine or excrement.
     6. n. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown about, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
     7. n. (chiefly plural) Inferior, weak drink or liquid food.
     8. v. to spill or dump liquid, especially over the rim of a container when it moves.
           I slopped water all over my shirt.
     9. v. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
     10. v. In the game of pool or snooker to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
     11. v. to feed pigs
     12. n. (archaic, costers) A policeman.

Example Sentences

I'm not going to slop



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