# slops

Pronunciation: say "SLOPS" US /slɑps/, UK /slɒps/

## Noun

1. Plural of slop, meaning scraps fed to animals or household wastewater. — plural of slop (“scraps fed to animals; household wastewater”)
   - Simple: Plural of slop. Often used for food scraps that are given to pigs.
   - _The farmhand hauled two buckets of slops out to the hog pen._
   - _Before the cabin had plumbing, she carried the dishwater and other slops out back and dumped them in a ditch._
3. Plural of slop, meaning rubber thong sandals. *(South Africa)* — plural of slop (“rubber thong sandals”)
   - Simple: Plural of slop. In South Africa, rubber sandals held on by a strap between the toes.
   - _Everyone at the braai was in shorts and slops._
   - _She kicked off her slops at the door before stepping onto the rug._
4. Breeches worn by sailors, mainly in the 18th century, that ended just below the knee or above the ankle.
   - Simple: Pants that sailors wore mostly in the 1700s, ending below the knee or above the ankle.
   - _In the painting, the gun crew wear striped shirts and wide canvas slops._
   - _The reenactors sewed their own slops from patterns based on eighteenth-century naval dress._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of slop. — third-person singular simple present indicative of slop
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of slop. Use it after he, she, it, or one person's name.
   - _He slops paint everywhere when he rushes a job._
   - _He often slops a ball into the corner pocket and then pretends he called it._

## Noun

5. The clothes and bedding that a navy or ship supplies to its sailors. *(dated)*
   - Simple: Clothes and bedding given out to sailors.
   - _Each recruit was handed his slops and a hammock before the ship sailed._
   - _The cost of his slops was taken out of the young sailor's first wages._
6. Loose-fitting pants. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Pants that are loose and do not fit tightly.
   - _The portrait shows a young courtier in puffed slops and silk stockings._
   - _The farmhand's slops were patched at both knees from years of kneeling in the furrows._

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