slop

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /slɒp/ (General American) IPA(key): /slɑp/ Rhymes: -ɒp === Etymology 1 === From Middle English slop, sloppe, slope, from Old English *slop (found in oferslop (“an outergarment, surplice”)). Cognate with Icelandic sloppur (“a long, loose gown”). ==== Noun ==== slop (plural slops) (obsolete) A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall. (South Africa, chiefly in the plural) A flip-flop. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:flip-flop ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Adjective ==== slop (not comparable) (obsolete) Being or relating to slops (cheap or ready-made clothing). === Etymology 2 === Probably from Middle English *sloppe (attested in plural form sloppes), representing Old English *sloppe (attested in cūsloppe), alternative form of Old English slyppe. Related to slip. ==== Noun ==== slop (countable and uncountable, plural slops) (uncountable) Any semisolid substance; goo, paste, pulp. Soft, liquid mud or snow. Synonyms: slush, mire Liquid carelessly spilled upon a surface; a soiled spot. (often in the plural) Any inferior, weak, or unappetizing drink or semi-liquid food. (often in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs. Synonyms: hogwash, swill (dated) Human urine or excrement. (often in the plural) Domestic wastewater. (slang) Fellatio. Synonym: sloppy toppy (figurative, derogatory) Content or entertainment which is worthless, or produced and consumed mindlessly. Synonyms: garbage, tripe, rubbish; see also Thesaurus:low-quality thing (derogatory, artificial intelligence) Junk output from generative artificial intelligence published in large quantities, posing as human-made content. Synonyms: AI slop, pink slime Hypernyms: spam, nontent (preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year ==== Verb ==== slop (third-person singular simple present slops, present participle slopping, simple past and past participle slopped) (transitive) To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid. (transitive, games) In a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot. (transitive) To feed pigs. (intransitive) To make one's way through soggy terrain. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Alteration of ecilop, back slang for police. ==== Noun ==== slop (plural slops) (uncommon, costermongers) A policeman. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:police officer ===== Related terms ===== namesclop === Further reading === slop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia slop (clothing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia AI slop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === splo, POLS, pols, LPOs, lops == Dutch == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slɔp/ Rhymes: -ɔp === Noun === slop n (plural sloppen, diminutive slopje n) a bad situation run-down house, shanty Synonym: krot ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === pols == Slovene == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slɔ́p/ === Noun === slȍp m inan pillar ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== slôpen === Further reading === “slop”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran “slop”, in Termania, Amebis See also the general references == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English slop. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈlop/ [esˈlop] Rhymes: -op IPA(key): /ˈslop/ [ˈslop] Rhymes: -op Syllabification: slop === Noun === slop m (uncountable) (artificial intelligence, derogatory) slop (low-quality AI-generated content) ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.