slop

Universal Words verb, noun verb (-pp-) 1 [V+adv./prep.] (of a liquid) to move around in a container, often so that some liquid comes out over the edge: Water was slopping around in the bottom of the boat. * As he put the glass down the beer slopped over onto the table. 2 [VN] [usually +adv./prep.] to make liquid or food come out of a container in an untidy way: He got out of the bath, slopping water over the sides. * She slopped some beans onto a plate. PHRASALVERBS slop about / around (BrE, informal) 1 to spend time relaxing or being lazy: He used to slop around all day in his pyjamas. 2 to move around in water, mud. etc: She was enjoying slopping about in the water. slop out (BrE) when prisoners slop out, they empty the containers that they use as toilets noun [U] (also slops [pl.]) 1 waste food, sometimes fed to animals 2 liquid or partly liquid waste, for example URINE or dirty water from baths: a slop bucket * She emptied the slops into the gutter.