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to slop

to slop

2 7.9
To feed pigs with leftover kitchen food
  • verb
  • /slɑp/
translation icon : alimentar a los cerdos
  • 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

  • In the morning, she went out to slop the pigs with leftover kitchen scraps.

  • 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.

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  • Son, you got to slop them pigs early in the morning.

  • Marry old Will and slop the hogs?

  • Oh, well, better go slop the hogs.

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  • Then the pig farmers slop their hogs with it.

  • And slop it to their hogs And chickens.

  • Harry's in the piggery slopping the sows.

  • 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.

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  • Every day, he has to slop the hogs before breakfast.

Synonyms

to swill
vsto slop
9.4

To feed pigs with liquid food leftovers like kitchen scraps

feeds with solid kitchen leftovers rather than liquid waste
to fodder
vsto slop
4.8

To give hay or straw to farm animals

feeds by offering household leftovers to a specific farm animal instead

Phrasal Verbs

to slop out
  • Informal
9.8

To empty dirty liquid or other waste from a container like a bucket

Compounds

slop jar
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A large container with a lid for holding used wash water

Slip Slop Slap
  • Archaic
8.5

A health slogan telling people to wear a shirt, use sunscreen, and wear a hat for sun protection

9.9

A thin watery food or drink with little flavor

slop pail
  • Archaic
9.6

A large bucket for collecting dirty water from a sink or chamber pot

slop basin
  • Archaic
9.8

A bowl for emptying leftover tea or coffee at the table

slop bowl
  • Archaic
9.1

A bowl for holding leftover tea or coffee from cups

8.2

A bowl for holding kitchen scraps to feed animals like pigs

slop chest
  • Archaic
9.9

A chest on a trading ship that sells clothes and small items to the crew

slop-seller
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who offers cheap ready-made clothes for working people

Surface Forms

slop infinitive
slopped past
slopped past participle
slopping present participle
slops third person singular

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.