SLOP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

SLOP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of
slop
in English
slop
verb
or
+ adv/prep
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to
cause
liquid
to
flow
over the
edge
of a
container
through not taking
care
or making a
rough
movement
Careful, you've just slopped
coffee
all over the
carpet
Water slopped out of the
bucket
as he
carried
it up the
stairs
Movement of liquids
backsplash
be dripping with
something
idiom
brim
brim over
phrasal verb
brim with
something
phrasal verb
drizzle
drool
funnel
peristaltic
plash
plashing
pour
pour-over
spate
spout
squirt
stagnate
stagnation
staunch
stem
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Phrasal verbs
slop around (
something
slop out
slop
noun
uk
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slɑːp
slop
noun
LIQUID
slops
plural
also
slop
liquid
or
wet
food
waste
especially
when it is
fed
to
animals
We
feed
the slops to the
pigs
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informal
disapproving
food
that is more
liquid
than it should be and is
therefore
unpleasant
Have you
tried
the slop that they
call
stew
in the
canteen
Inland waters
body
catchment area
catchment management
cenote
crater lake
fiord
L, l
lake
loch
lough
oxbow lake
pond
pool
reservoir
ribbon lake
tank
tarn
the Great Lakes
waterhole
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slop
noun
LOW-QUALITY CONTENT
informal
disapproving
content
on the
internet
that is of very
low
quality
especially
when it is
created
by
artificial
intelligence
“Slop” is what you get when you put AI-generated
material
up on the
internet
for anyone to
view
AI slop
AI slop is
slowly
killing
the
internet
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slop
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slop
| American Dictionary
slop
verb
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(of a
liquid
) to
flow
or
fall
over the
edge
of a
container
, or to
cause
liquid
to do this:
The
coffee
slopped onto the
tablecloth
(Definition of
slop
from the
Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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Examples
of
slop
slop
We are passing through choppy waters, and some water is slopping over the side.
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Buckets are also provided in the cells as an alternative facility following which "slopping out" would take place.
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In total, to end overcrowding and slopping out we should be asked to spend about £½ billion in capital expenditure alone.
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There is no place nowadays for slopping out, but nor is there any place for in-cell television.
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There are many scandals, such as juveniles being left in prison, juveniles in cells and slopping out.
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We remain on course to end the degrading practice of slopping out by the end of 1994.
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Slopping out is part of the normal prison service.
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In how many prisons has slopping out, which we eliminated completely, returned as a result of bringing old accommodation back into use?
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In how many prisons has slopping out returned—on however limited a scale—as a result of bringing back into use old accommodation?
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One witness said that the slops were emptied in this way two or three times a week.
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They will risk being slopped so long as they are not inebriated to a point which is likely to show in their ordinary driving.
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Instead, salt is piled on the side of lunch plates, the gravy slopped over it, and a salt meal results.
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When we came to office, the date for the ending of slopping out that we inherited was well into the 21st century.
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There is a lot of revulsion at the habit of slopping out.
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We cannot afford to let such huge amounts of hot money go slopping around the world money markets.
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What is the pronunciation of
slop
Translations of
slop
in Chinese (Traditional)
（使液體）晃蕩, （使）溢出，濺出, 流體味差的食物…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
（使液体）晃荡, （使）溢出，溅出, 稀软味差的食物…
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in Spanish
derramar, derramarse, volcar…
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in Portuguese
transbordar, derramar, entornar…
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in Turkish
in French
in Japanese
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
dök(ül)mek, saç(ıl)mak…
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déborder, renverser…
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こぼす…
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(doen) klotsen…
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cákat, rozlévat…
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spilde, løbe over…
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mengguncang…
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ทำหก…
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tràn ra, sánh ra…
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rozpryskiwać się, chlupotać…
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skvalpa, skvimpa…
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melimpah…
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schwappen…
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skvalpe, søle, skvette…
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розхлюпувати, розпліскувати…
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