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slopped

verb

past tense of slop
1
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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2
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slopped
  1. splashed
  2. devoured
  3. sloshed
  4. inhaled
  5. gulped
  6. crammed
  7. scoffed
  8. gobbled
Verb
  • The ensuing investigation and court case were splashed across the cover of every newspaper.
    — Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Capturing the first major event of the internet age, these visuals were splashed across television and computer screens at work, home and even in schools.
    — Chelsea Stahl, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of splashed
Verb
  • Soon Drews noticed the speed with which her cheesecakes were devoured.
    — David Farley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Typically just a minute or two in length, the videos are devoured by Chinese audiences at breakfast, on their morning commutes, during their lunch breaks and on their free time after work — and almost any time in between.
    — Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of devoured
Verb
  • On that night, this game of decorum belonged to the aggrieved and the sloshed—at least until Medvedev lost in five sets.
    — Owen Lewis, Air Mail, 29 Aug. 2026
  • My little water bottle sloshed in my backpack, now half empty.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of sloshed
Verb
  • Messick emerged from the dugout tunnel Monday afternoon in a hoodie with cutoff sleeves, inhaled and reveled in the crisp air that tends to accompany a playoff race.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Midcentury Modern library where Rosales first inhaled the aroma of old books has changed.
    — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of inhaled
Verb
  • That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
Definition of gulped
Verb
  • This halts the nuclear fusion process — which involves converting that hydrogen to helium — leading to the stars collapsing and shedding their outer layers to become a white dwarf with around the mass of the sun crammed into the width of Earth.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Crowds crammed into theaters to see Marilyn Monroe magnified on the screen.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of crammed
Verb
  • Traditionalists scoffed at the ‘plastic’ boats, but the Swan 36 featured a revolutionary underwater design.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • But Jobs, who scoffed at formal succession planning and kept a tight lid on his company’s operations, did take the issue seriously, corporate governance experts told CNN.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of scoffed
Verb
  • The Venezuelan population has mixed in with the largely white population as new houses, malls, office parks and warehouses have gobbled up barren hillsides to meet demand for cheaper land.
    — Elliot Spagat, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The other option, pushing the Super Bowl back a week, was initially rejected because New Orleans, the host city, had booked an automobile dealers’ convention that had gobbled up most of the desirable hotel rooms.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of gobbled

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“Slopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slopped. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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