SLOPPED Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

slopped

verb

past tense of slop

as in splashed

to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets she slopped water everywhere when she picked up the full pan

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as in devoured

to swallow or eat greedily watched the game while slopping prodigious quantities of beer

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

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Piaget takes the bold colors splashed across the American creative’s face in the series and plops them right on the dial.

— Nicole Hoey for Robb Report, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Where lettuce splashed with vinaigrette can feel like an afterthought, a juicy, savory-slanting pear salad is worth making room for on a plate full of turkey and cornbread.

— Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of splashed

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Lena Dunham sits behind a desk in the glassy, millennial-pink offices of a tech startup, monologuing away like someone who has just devoured all of Lean Inin a single sitting.

— Judy Berman, Time, 6 Nov. 2026
According to Greek mythology, every nine years Athens had to send fourteen young people to the Minotaur’s labyrinth, in Crete, where they were devoured as sacrificial victims.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of devoured

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Heavy rains, flooding and a brief but widespread technical glitch marked Election Day in South Florida, where some voters sloshed through flood waters to cast their ballots.

— David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
Waves of water sloshed onto the streets of South Florida earlier this week, flooding cars and soaking feet.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

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Severity depends on the amount of bacteria that’s inhaled, the strain that’s involved and individual susceptibility, Vanrompay says.

— Rachel Melegrito, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026
Apparently Robyn is the only one who has inhaled enough fresh air to recognize the friction.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of inhaled

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In their attempt to make nearby districts more Republican, the redistricting plan crammed as many Democrats as possible into three South Florida districts.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026
Meanwhile, the low end is almost entirely carved out, leaving only those higher-register instruments crammed together.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of crammed

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Oasis was up for the award again in 2025, and for the second year in a row Liam scoffed.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2026
Freeder and Kitchens, who were unaware of the wording of the contractual agreement, scoffed at the idea that the poll was neutral in its questions or its goals.

— Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of scoffed

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party gobbled up many votes that his right-wing and Orthodox Jewish coalition partners had expected would be theirs.

— New York Times, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Having been gobbled up like a meal worm, Jay dredges up flashbacks of his father’s lectures in whale anatomy.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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