slopped

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
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Verb
  • Kyron flashed a wide, toothy grin toward a camera capturing the moment – an image that would soon be splashed on missing child posters and nightly newscasts across the country.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • Paris, Copenhagen, New York, and Los Angeles are awash in the nostalgic pattern right now, where it’s splashed over capri leggings, event dresses, and everything in between.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 23 June 2026
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  • Conservative politicians and many in the media became fixated on both the name and the prospect of escaping detainees being devoured by Florida gators and snakes.
    Jim DeFede, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • His meal is nearly devoured in front of him.
    Jenna Thompson June 24, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • His blood sloshed through the device’s tiny channels and pressed against its protein snares.
    Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2026
  • Water sloshed across a shallow, rocky shelf, sweeping away the sediments there, along with the algae that serves as the primary food source for this species.
    Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 May 2026
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  • When inhaled, these microscopic particles can enter the lungs and bloodstream, potentially causing swelling and inflammation.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
  • When wildfire smoke is inhaled, volatile gases and tiny particles can pass through the lining of the lungs and enter the bloodstream.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 24 June 2026
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
Verb
  • Being based in southern England, its Latin language is crammed full of English place-names containing the sound /w/, like Winchester, Worcester and Wallingford.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • The catch is that most contractors already have yards crammed with the old-style kit, and while wooden boards wear out after a few years of use, steel tubes can last indefinitely so long as they’re maintained.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • During Truist’s quarterly earnings call in April, Rogers scoffed at a Bloomberg report that the bank could potentially be a target for an acquisition by Citi.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 June 2026
  • While the sticker shock of what is typically a $13 trip enraged the masses—the price was initially announced at $150 in April, before it got knocked down to 98 bucks in the face of public backlash—some observers, particularly those from Europe, scoffed at all the outrage.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • In addition to the vineyard, Soloviev had gobbled up more than 1,000 acres of farmland and announced his intention to build luxury homes on part of the property.
    Reeves Wiedeman, Curbed, 22 June 2026
  • If it's not all gobbled up in one supper, this dish freezes well and makes for delicious leftovers.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 May 2026

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“Slopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slopped. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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