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# slop

«slop» in Mova's school dictionary: **to spill liquid over the edge of a container, often messily** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (slop, slops); verb (slop, slops, slopped, slopping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To slop means to spill liquid over the edge of a container, often messily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slop/#m1)

2) Slop is food that is watery and unpleasant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slop/#m2)

3) Slops are waste food or dirty water, sometimes fed to pigs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slop/#m3)

4) In Australia and New Zealand «Slip, Slop, Slap» means slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, slap on a hat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slop/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life you try not to slop your drink when carrying it; in health lessons in Australia and New Zealand «slop on sunscreen» is a sun-safety rule. Phrases: «slop over», «Slip, Slop, Slap», «pig slops».

### examples

- Don't slop your soup on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slop/#x1)
- The water slopped over the side of the bucket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slop/#x2)
- Slip, Slop, Slap before you go out in the sun! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slop/#x3)
- The farmer fed slops to the pigs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slop/#x4)
- The school lunch looked like grey slop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slop/#x5)
- Carry the paint carefully so it doesn't slop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slop/#x6)
- Tea slopped into the saucer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slop/#x7)

### note

Double p: slopped, slopping. Adjective: sloppy (messy or careless). Do not confuse with «slope» (a hill or slant). «Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek, Slide» is the full sun-safety slogan in Australia.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «slop» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slop/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.