What does "slop" mean?
Slop: Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural.
Additional senses
- 2.pl. Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc. Slop basin, or Slop bowl, a basin or bowl for holding slops, especially for receiving the rinsings of tea or coffee cups at the table. -- Slop molding (Brickmaking), a process of manufacture in which the brick is carried to the drying ground in a wet mold instead of on a pallet.
- 3.To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill.
- 4.To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.
- 5.To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over.
- 6.Any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a night dress, or a smock frock. [Obs.] Halliwell.
- 7.A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural. "A pair of slops." Sir P. Sidney. There's a French salutation to your French slop. Shak.
- 8.pl. Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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