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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.
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Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slopped
Verb
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The rocket booster splashed down off the coast of Texas seven minutes after launch.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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As the family’s trip drew to a close on Thursday evening, Jones and a friend, who had joined them, splashed into the water.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Defenseman John Carlson made a weak play off his forehand along the left-wing wall that was devoured by Ivan Barbashev, who snuck the puck past Granlund to Dorofeyev for a goal from the slot.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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These Avocado Oil Sea Salt Kettle Cooked Potato Chips check all the right boxes—they’re crunchy, salty, gluten-free, kosher, and ready to be devoured.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
11 May 2026
Verb
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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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Three and half billion years ago, the 95-mile-wide basin sloshed with water, as did much of the rest of the planet, until Mars lost its magnetic field, the solar wind stripped away its atmosphere, and most of its water sputtered away into space.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Rather than burn tobacco, e-cigarettes heat up a liquid consisting of nicotine, flavorings and additives that are inhaled as vapor.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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They’re spread primarily when droppings, urine or saliva get kicked into the air and inhaled — such as when sweeping up mouse droppings.—
Allison Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
10 May 2026
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With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Boxes from the White House, some containing classified material, had been found crammed into a bathroom at Mar-a-Lago, next to a toilet and below a crystal chandelier.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Guests at the memorial service — including Stephen Jones, Caroline Rush, Erdem Moralıoğlu, Nicole Farhi, Sam McKnight and Jonathan Newhouse — crammed onto benches in the venue, while others, including Daphne Guinness and Yasmin Sewell, stood in the aisles.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Bob always scoffed at the praise.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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Critics initially scoffed when Mozilla didn’t obtain CVE designations for any of the 271 vulnerabilities.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2026
Verb
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His 40-yard bunker shot was sublime and set up a 6-foot birdie on the 13th hole, the reachable par 4 that moments earlier gobbled up McIlroy and Schauffele.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 May 2026
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In the past several years, unspent funds from DOC vacancies have been gobbled up by shocking overtime costs that exceed $30 million monthly.—
Jason Rodriguez,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2026
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“Slopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slopped. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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