to slop
- verb
- /slɑp/
- Rob was too old, of course; he was out slopping the hogs, and he'd scoot as soon as he heard Papa coming.
- slop the pigs
- slop the hogs
Examples
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In the morning, she went out to slop the pigs with leftover kitchen scraps.
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Pig farmers have to go out to slop those hogs in all sorts of weather, and if it's cold, pantyhose could keep them toasty warm.
Blog text (26) -
Son, you got to slop them pigs early in the morning.
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Marry old Will and slop the hogs?
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Oh, well, better go slop the hogs.
Blog text (4) -
Then the pig farmers slop their hogs with it.
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And slop it to their hogs And chickens.
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Harry's in the piggery slopping the sows.
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Time to go slop my hogs and irrigate my corn, so I will not be back to play for a few hours while whistling Yankee Doodle Dandy and thinking of the spirit of '76... the REAL spirit.
Blog text (5) -
Every day, he has to slop the hogs before breakfast.
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- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Slop as a verb means to feed pigs with kitchen refuse, coming from the noun for that wet food. So to 'slop' the pigs is to give them messy leftovers.