slops

English

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɒps/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒps

Noun

slops pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete) Loose trousers.
  2. (nautical, historical) Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.
    Synonym: open-kneed breeches
    • 2012, Philip Haythornthwaite, Nelson's navy, page 26:
      The original "slops" were voluminous breeches of about knee length, reminiscent of 17th century "petticoat breeches", worn with stockings; these continue to be depicted as late as 1790s, but trousers, first introduced as slop-clothing in 1720s, were more functional and more popular.
  3. (nautical, dated) Clothing and bedding issued to sailors.
  4. (South Africa) plural of slop (“rubber thong sandals”)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

slops

  1. plural of slop (“scraps fed to animals; household wastewater”)
    I don't mind slopping the hogs, but I don't like the stench of the slops.
    • 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 55:
      [A] very hot-cross bun voice bellowed from the shop, ‘Wash it out this that, you trollop,’ and a pail of slops shot out of the shop all over the little woman, who squalled appallingly.

Verb

slops

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slop

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