Slop vs Hog - What's the difference?
slop | hog |
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
(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.
to spill or dump liquid, especially over the rim of a container when it moves.
To spill liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
* 1950 , Howard William Troyer, The salt and the savor (page 58)
In the game of pool or snooker to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
to feed pigs
Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
(lb) An adult swine .
* 2005 April, Live Swine from Canada, Investigation No. 731-TA-1076 (Final), publication 3766, April 2005, U.S. International Trade Commission (ISBN 1457819899), page I-9:
A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
(slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a .
(UK) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
(nautical) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
A shilling coin; its value, 12 old pence.
*1933 , (George Orwell), (Down and Out in Paris and London) , xxix
*:‘’Ere]] s' for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ' [['og, ’og for the cap and scarf. That’s seven bob.’
*1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
*:hog' (pl]] ' hog ). A shilling: (ca 1670), c.; in C.19–20, low [[slang, s.
A tanner, a sixpence coin; its value.
*1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
*:hog' (pl]] ' hog )... 2. In C.18–early 19, occ. a sixpence: also c., whence the U.S. sense. Prob. [[from, ex the figure of a hog on a small silver coin.
A half-crown coin; its value, 30 old pence.
*1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
*:hog' (pl]] ' hog )... 3. A half-crown: [[circa, ca 1860–1910.
To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
(nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
(nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
In lang=en terms the difference between slop and hog
is that slop is human urine or excrement while hog is a large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.In transitive terms the difference between slop and hog
is that slop is to feed pigs while hog is to clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.slop
English
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain.Noun
(en noun)- A pair of slops .
Etymology 2
Probably representing (etyl) *(term), related to (slip).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* pig food: slops, hogwash, swillDerived terms
* slops * slop-jar * slop-basin * slop-bowl * slop-pailVerb
- I slopped water all over my shirt.
- a little Durham bull butted the pail and slopped him with the milk
Anagrams
* * ----hog
English
(wikipedia hog)Alternative forms
* (qualifier) 'ogNoun
(en noun)- Weanlings grow into feeder pigs, and feeder pigs grow into slaughter hogs'. Ultimately the end use for virtually all pigs and ' hogs is to be slaughtered for the production of pork and other products.
- (Totten)
Hyponyms
* (shilling coins) white hog, black hogDerived terms
* groundhog * hedgehog * high on the hog * hogback, Hog's Back * hog-baying * hogcote * hog heaven * hog island * hog waller (hog wallow) * hog-wallowing * hog-wild * hog line * hog maw * hog-rubber * hog town * hogherd * hoggish * hoggishly * hoggy * hogshead * road hog * sea hog * whole hog, go whole hogVerb
(hogg)- Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets.
- 2000 DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie , Scholastic Inc., New York, Ch 15:
- The [...] air-conditioning unit didn't work very good, and there was only one fan; and from the minute me and Winn-Dixie got in the library, he hogged it all.
- (Smart)
