Slop

Part of speech: verb, noun

Pronunciation: /slɒp/

Definitions

1. A viscous, often unappealing liquid waste produced from food preparation or animal care can also refer to the act of spilling liquid haphazardly due to carelessness
2. This term describes a thick, undesirable substance that results from food scraps or animal excretions, and it also denotes the action of sloshing or pouring liquid ineptly
3. A messy liquid substance often made up of food remnants or animal feed ; to accidentally let liquid flow over the edge or outside its container ; to walk or move with a noisy, awkward gait

Etymology: The most striking thing about "slop" is that its modern sense of spilling liquid carelessly grew out of a word for a loose garment. Old English had an *slop, a long, loose outer gown or surplice, and Icelandic still has "sloppur" for a similar long, loose robe. The idea of something hanging loosely and shapelessly seems to have carried over into the sense of a formless, messy wetness. A second strand comes from "slyppe," an Old English word for a slimy or wet substance, which may have merged with the garment word in Middle English. Both trace back to a Proto-Germanic root behind words for slipping and sliding, and "slip" is generally considered a close relative, though the exact connections are not fully settled. Slop has also taken on an unrelated life in the slang of thieves and the police. Back slang reversed "police" into "ecilop," and the shortened form was the source of the word's later associations with the force, though this is a separate development from the liquid sense.

Synonyms: spill, splash, dribble, squander, waste

Antonyms: collect, save, conserve, preserve, hold