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as in dirt
slops plural
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal
cleaned the slops out of the cow barn
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as in cheese
that which is of low quality or worth
that songwriter turns out nothing but slop, and record buyers eat it up
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Recent Examples of slop
Devika Rao, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026
Is part of it because of the way these AI slop videos are pushed out to people online?
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
But then her 2-year-old daughter smuggled a bucket of slime into the living room and slopped the blue goo on her ivory-colored rug.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 23 July 2025
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Noun
Dog food for humans Referring to the food as kibble is no accident, as most of the time these recipes involve a carb (like rice) and a form of protein (like ground beef) mixed together in a slop-like concoction that has some glaring similarities to dog food.
—Devika Rao, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026
Is part of it because of the way these AI slop videos are pushed out to people online?
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
In the season-two premiere’s final moments, the group’s s’mores-making endeavor descends into gooey chaos, with everyone burning and slopping and dripping marshmallow, chocolate, and peanut butter everywhere.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
But then her 2-year-old daughter smuggled a bucket of slime into the living room and slopped the blue goo on her ivory-colored rug.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slop
Noun
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O'ahu resident Melanie Lee saw what's left of her house for the first time on Monday after the worst flooding Hawaii has seen in two decades turned parts of the islands' emerald communities into mud.—
Matt Gutman,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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For those aged 12 to 17, the resort’s new naturopathy program includes not only water massage, but also kids yoga, mud therapy and an iris assessment that reveals well-being insights.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
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The ring top holds dirt collected from home plate during Game 7, visible through a glass window when the ring is opened.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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Once this debris was removed and sent to landfills, the focus shifted downward to the lot’s remaining dirt.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
28 Mar. 2026
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To usher in the earliest days of spring, dig into a dish of this zippy mac and cheese spin-off.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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All steaks come with the choice of two sides– baked potatoes, steak cut fries, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, rice, salad or mac and cheese, among others.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Mar. 2026
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People used the app to generate fake videos of women being strangled or splattered with mysterious white goo, people committing crimes, and public figures wearing Nazi-like uniforms.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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Remove Sticky Messes A bit of coconut oil applied to sticky residue like that left behind on a jar after the label is removed acts as a natural alternative to adhesive and goo removers.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Tommy's jump shot splashing from the ceiling!—
Victor Jacobo,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The duo splashed down about 10 hours after the March 16, 1966, launch.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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From her experience, the grasshopper drawing attention in Arizona devours everything in its path, whereas the chapulín is tied to greener environments and specific crops, such as cornfields, alfalfa, and squash leaves.—
Nadia Cantú,
AZCentral.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Astronomers have used the XRISM (X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) X-ray spacecraft to discover that a star is being slowly devoured by an elusive stellar companion, solving a mystery that has baffled scientists for over a century.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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But Newman had a hunch that when soil dries up, the antibiotics bacteria use to wage war might become more potent, simply because of evaporation.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
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However, there may be biological hurdles that could forever confine this vision to the realm of science fiction and human civilization to our Earthly soil.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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But ultimately, fans don’t come to the ballpark to watch 3-4 innings of junk balls and 75 MPH batting practice pitches.—
Abbey Mastracco,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
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Hugh Lewis, a space debris expert and professor of astronautics at the UK's University of Birmingham, noted that the orbiting data centers will need to constantly maneuver to avoid hitting space junk and other satellites.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Slop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slop. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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