slop

verb

slopped; slopping

transitive verb

1

a

: to spill from a container

b

: to splash or spill liquid on

c

: to cause (a liquid) to splash

2

: to dish out messily

3

: to eat or drink greedily or noisily

4

: to feed slop to

slop the hogs

intransitive verb

1

: to tramp in mud or slush

2

: to become spilled or splashed

3

: to be effusive : gush

4

: to pass beyond or exceed a boundary or limit

Synonyms of slop

• splash
• slosh

Examples of slop in a Sentence

She slopped coffee on her sweater.

Huge waves slopped water into the boat.

Recent Examples on the Web

But muddy conditions led to slop and chaos, and tired out the front-runners after a very fast opening pace, clearing the way for the closer to do his thing. —Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2026

Judging from the way Sam slopped wine into the glasses, at least five or six bottles. —Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026

Just go Fifty years slopping around the house in your sock-feet Sucking up to a looking-glass Rehearsing your face. —Hillel Italie, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2026

There also was the torrential rain, which came and went throughout the game, slopped up the field a little and turned the game into a throwback affair. —Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 16 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

probably derivative of slop entry 1

Note: The sense "to lap up," attested since the sixteenth century, may be of independent origin. The Oxford English Dictionary's citation from Thomas Tusser's A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, printed in 1557 ("Their milke slapt in corners, their creame al to sost"), placed under the sense "to spill or splash (liquid)," is 250 years earlier than the next citation and probably an instance of a different word (slab?).

First Known Use

1557, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Phrases Containing slop

• AI slop
• slop around/about
• slop basin
• slop bowl
• slop chest
• slop jar
• slop pail

Rhymes for slop

• bop
• chop
• cop
• crop
• drop
• flop
• fop
• hop
• knop
• lop
• mop
• op

Kids Definition

slop

1 of 2 noun

ˈsläp 

1

: soft mud : slush

2

: thin tasteless drink or liquid food

—usually used in plural

3

: liquid spilled or splashed

4

a

: food waste (as garbage) fed to animals : swill

b

: waste given off by the body

—usually used in plural

slop

2 of 2 verb

slopped; slopping

1

: to spill on or over

2

: to feed slop to

slop the pigs