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Slopped vs Stopped - What's the difference?

slopped | stopped |

As verbs the difference between slopped and stopped

is that slopped is (slop) while stopped is (stop).

As an adjective stopped is

(of a vehicle) not moving, but not properly parked or berthed;.

slopped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (slop)

    • 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
    • Related terms
    * sloppy

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    stopped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stop)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a vehicle) Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed;
    • We were stopped for more than three hours!
    ''They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.
  • (more generally) In the state resulting from having stopped.
    • A stopped clock is right twice a day.
  • (of a pipe) Having a stop; being closed at one end.
  • (of a plant) In a well-pruned state.
  • (phonetics) Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b'', ''d'', ''p'', and ''t .

    • Derived terms

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