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 10-day mission began on April 1 of this year, flew around the moon and back, and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • After a slow start during a loss to the Golden State Valkyries on Sunday, the Sparks splashed 23 points in the first quarter.
    — Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of splashed
Verb
  • Only weeks ago, the most destructive wildfire in Spanish history devoured 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in central Spain.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Only weeks ago, the most destructive wildfire in Spanish history devoured 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in Ávila, in central Spain.
    — Suman Naishadham, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of devoured
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  • My little water bottle sloshed in my backpack, now half empty.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
  • His blood sloshed through the device’s tiny channels and pressed against its protein snares.
    — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2026
Definition of sloshed
Verb
  • One of the men inhaled water, and died at the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Rymer, meanwhile, inhaled toxic smoke from the chemical explosion that left him with severe adult-onset asthma.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 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
  • Hundreds of people crammed into the school gym that April evening, and the debate over Point Reyes agitated into a low boil.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Streams of cool kids dressed in all-black tank tops, slip dresses and leather pants crammed into the old town, sipping cocktails as DJs slid faders.
    — Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of crammed
Verb
  • The president scoffed at the notion that anyone named may suffer consequences, even though Mexico is one of the world’s most hazardous countries for journalists.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Espada scoffed at any notion of needing to call a team meeting.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of scoffed
Verb
  • For three consecutive evenings, just before dark, this bird zipped to the dining table, gobbled down a quick meal, then hurried back to its roost.
    — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Chelsea have now gobbled up 17 non-‘Big Six’ players in the past decade, something which speaks to both their rampant transfer activity and a seeming preference for young players already proven in England’s top division.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of gobbled

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