as in dung
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal
cleaned the slops out of the cow barn
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as in devours
to swallow or eat greedily
watched the game while slopping prodigious quantities of beer
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Recent Examples of slops
Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 May 2024
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From a field somewhere comes the faint cry of new wild kittens and water slops over the edge of the swimming pool, sending white butterflies into the air.
—Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slops
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Yes, unfortunately, the ancient Irish did burn cow dung to heat their homes when peat was too expensive or not available.—
David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Of course, the flue was closed, so the fire licked up the walls, left a smell like the fall, like ancient smokehouses and dung.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Effective medical alert devices must be in good working condition when a shower, rain, or accidental submersion splashes them.—
Craig Lebrau,
USA Today,
19 Jan. 2026
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Eddie then opens the paint can, splashes it onto the graffiti, and gets into an argument with the store security guard for making a mess in the parking lot.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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From her experience, the grasshopper drawing attention in Arizona devours everything in its path, whereas the chapulín is tied to greener environments and specific crops, such as cornfields, alfalfa, and squash leaves.—
Nadia Cantú,
AZCentral.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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But May also routinely devours Tool, Nine Inch Nails, and jazz albums from Miles Davis.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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Once soil health improves, many gardeners find that digging individual planting holes is sufficient for establishing crops.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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Mulching your garden also helps your soil stay moist for longer.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Apr. 2026
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My experience of being a new mum is there’s another layer of the crap that doesn’t serve you that just sloshes off.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2026
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When the populist demagogue Willie Stark orders Burden, journalist turned gumshoe, to dig up dirt on a local judge, Burden demurs; certainly there are no skeletons in the office of the good judge.—
Brenda Wineapple,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Body oil, dust, soap deposits, dirt and grime from your body that doesn’t make it down the drain can accumulate in tubs and showers that aren’t cleaned on a very regular basis.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
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What's more, while virtually all VTOLs being developed these days are electric, the Janus-1 is powered by a turboshaft engine that gulps n' burns diesel, kerosene or Jet A fuel.—
Ben Coxworth
October 21,
New Atlas,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Slops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slops. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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