slop
Sticky or squishy mud (or food that’s just about as appetizing) is slop. You’ll want to wear your tall rubber boots if you’re going to walk through the slop on the way to the bus stop.
Farmers feed their pigs slop, a messy, wet mix of various leftovers—and when they do, they can say they slop the pigs. A derogatory way to talk about food that doesn’t look very tasty is to call it slop. And you can call sticky, overly sentimental music, writing, or films slop as well. The 15th century definition of slop was “mudhole,” from the Old English cusloppe, “cow dung.”
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deep soft mud in water or slush
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(usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink
“he lived on the thin
slops that food kitchens provided”-
type of:
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food, solid food
any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
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food, solid food
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wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
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(usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand
“she carried out the sink
slops”-
type of:
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waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
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waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
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writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
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type of:
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sentimentalism
the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form
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sentimentalism
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cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
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walk through mud or mire
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ladle clumsily
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feed pigs