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Slop vs Glop - What's the difference?

slop | glop |

As nouns the difference between slop and glop

is that slop is a loose outer garment; a jacket or overall while glop is any gooey substance.

As verbs the difference between slop and glop

is that slop is to spill or dump liquid, especially over the rim of a container when it moves while glop is to stare in amazement.

slop

English

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
  • (in the plural, obsolete) Loose trousers.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:Chrysippus said that some Philosophers would in open view of all men shew a dozen of tumbling-tricks, yea, without any slops or breeches, for a dozen of olives.
  • * Sir Philip Sidney
  • A pair of slops .

    Etymology 2

    Probably representing (etyl) *(term), related to (slip).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) A liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud, domestic liquid waste.
  • scraps used as food for pigs
  • (dated) Human urine or excrement.
  • Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown about, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
  • (chiefly, plural) Inferior, weak drink or liquid food.
  • Synonyms
    * pig food: slops, hogwash, swill
    Derived terms
    * slops * slop-jar * slop-basin * slop-bowl * slop-pail

    Verb

  • to spill or dump liquid, especially over the rim of a container when it moves.
  • I slopped water all over my shirt.
  • To spill liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
  • * 1950 , Howard William Troyer, The salt and the savor (page 58)
  • a little Durham bull butted the pail and slopped him with the milk
  • In the game of pool or snooker to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
  • to feed pigs
  • Anagrams

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    glop

    English

    Etymology 1

    Variation of (glope).

    Verb

    (glopp)
  • (dialectal, or, archaic) To stare in amazement.
  • Etymology 2

    1940-45, of expressive origin. Compare (l), (l).

    Noun

    (s)
  • Any gooey substance.
  • Verb

    (glopp)
  • (archaic) To swallow greedily.
  • English onomatopoeias