slopping

present participle of slop
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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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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slopping
Verb
  • Trail cameras captured the fuzzy guy cooling off by splashing around in a muddy puddle amid warm temperatures.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • This is the original pool, an infinity-edge spot where, years ago, Bobby would spend hours splashing and then join us at Lotus for lunch.
    Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This would be in accordance with the universal law of capital devouring everything potentially good and excreting it as something actually bad.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Video shows orcas hunting great white sharks and devouring their livers.
    Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The vacuum cleaner has powerful suction, and the mop cleans without sloshing and smearing water on the floor.
    Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Footage of the ordeal, which Anaver shared on his Facebook page that Sunday morning, showed many of his belongings sloshing around in the water inside his home as the storm passed through.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia — fear of long words (The longest word found in major English dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word describing a lung disease caused by inhaling fine silica dust.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Essential oils can be used in various ways, such as inhaling them through a diffuser or applying a diluted solution to the skin.
    Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One night Icarius got all his friends together for a wine-tasting party that quickly got out of hand and turned into a wine-gulping party.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The pressure is always on the taker, the player standing, gulping, trying desperately not to unload their lunch onto the turf, preparing to do something theoretically simple — kick the ball into the net from 12 yards with only one opponent able to stop them.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Coffee maker brands have, increasingly, been cramming more and more brewing options into a single machine.
    Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Now Governor Healey and the homeless industrial complex have set their heart on over-cramming capacity on Redlands Road.
    Lou Murray, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025

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“Slopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slopping. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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