Definitions for slops

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IPA: /slɒp/

Slops is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 43 anagrams from letters in slops (lopss).

Definitions for slops

noun

1. a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
2. badly cooked or unappetizing food or drink.
3. bran from bolted cornmeal mixed with an equal part of water and used as a feed for swine and other livestock.
4. any similar, watery feed; swill.
5. Often, slops. the dirty water, liquid refuse, etc., of a household or the like. tasteless or unappetizing soup, stew, or drink.
6. kitchen refuse; swill.
7. liquid mud.
8. slops, Distilling. the mash remaining after distilling.
9. slops. clothing, bedding, etc., supplied to sailors from the ship's stores. cheap, ready-made clothing in general. short, baggy trousers, worn by men, especially sailors, in the 16th and 17th centuries.
10. a loose-fitting overgarment, as a tunic or smock.

verb (used with object)

1. to spill or splash (liquid).
2. to spill liquid upon.
3. to feed slop to (pigs or other livestock).

verb (used without object)

1. to spill or splash liquid (sometimes followed by about):
2. (of liquid) to spill or splash out of a container (usually followed by over):
3. to walk or go through mud, slush, or water.
4. Informal. to be unduly effusive or sentimental; gush (usually followed by over).
5. to move in an idle, lazy, casual, or slovenly manner (usually followed by around or about):

Origin of slops

1350-1400; Middle English sloppe (noun), Old English -sloppe (in cūsloppe cowslip, literally, cow slime); akin to slip³

Examples for slops

He dumped another bucket of slops into the home-made trough.

He even drank the tea, though he made up a face and called it "slops."

"Make the signal," said slops, sheltering himself behind Stover.

It is mixed with slops from the houses and straw from the stables.

All right, I was only going to throw the slops out of window.

And I'm not going to let my wife cook my dinner and make my bed and empty my slops.

The two children rushed with eagerness and vigor down the slops.

"It's awful the way I inhale," said slops with a melancholy sigh.

With a seething souse the slops went abroad, all over the floor.

Back in the 18th century, overalls were known as “slops,” and carried a semi-criminal stigma.