SLOPPING Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

slopping

verb

present participle of slop

as in splashing

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 devouring

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

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Recent Examples of slopping In the season-two premiere’s final moments, the group’s s’mores-making endeavor descends into gooey chaos, with everyone burning and slopping and dripping marshmallow, chocolate, and peanut butter everywhere. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025

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Cool off with a cold shower or by splashing water on your face and hands.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 July 2026
Using a tea kettle also reduces the risk of spilling or splashing boiling water on yourself.

— Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2026

Definition of splashing

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Many of them, like Tubbs, were refugee Midwesterners, sick of parching droughts and devouring plagues of locusts, the insects descending in buzzing clouds thick enough to blacken the noonday sun.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Their supporters with zero life experience are devouring their pie-in-the-sky mumbo jumbo.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026

Definition of devouring

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That's because the size of this deal and the amount of stock that is sloshing around and will be spawned is too great.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 June 2026
Canadian quartet Truck Violence have been sloshing together these subgenres in a ruthless manner for several years now, and their sophomore album and debut for the Flenser aims for even higher drops between those peaks and valleys.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026

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Avoid inhaling the dust—even food-grade—as prolonged exposure can irritate the lungs, says Harlow-Ellis.

— Emily Hayes, Martha Stewart, 24 June 2026
Gonzalez worked to enforce a roadblock during the chemical plume without being informed about the dangers of inhaling the chemicals.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 23 June 2026

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An early 2022 op-ed in the University of Calgary’s student newspaper described the idea as the antithesis of hustle culture, one that finds satisfaction in mundane tasks rather than cramming productivity into every waking moment.

— Allison Palmer July 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
This is an impressive chip, cramming nearly 100 billion transistors onto a piece of silicon roughly the size of a fingernail.

— John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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