slop out

verb

To throw out the waste from the chamberpot in a prison cell or a similar waste receptacle.

Meanings

verbslop out (third-person singular simple present slops out, present participle slopping out, simple past and past participle slopped out)

present singular third person slops out · participle present slopping out · participle past slopped out · past slopped out

  1. idiomaticintransitiveTo throw out the waste from the chamberpot in a prison cell or a similar waste receptacle.
  2. idiomatictransitiveTo be served in a sloppy manner.
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