slops

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/slɒps/

noun

Loose trousers.

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Meanings

slops1

nounslops pl (plural only)
  1. obsoletepluralplural onlyLoose trousers.

    A pair of slops.

    The New Arcadia

    a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC
    1 more example

    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.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. historicalpluralplural onlynauticalSailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.

    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.

    2012, Philip Haythornthwaite, Nelson's navy, page 26

    Synonyms: open-kneed breeches

  3. datedpluralplural onlynauticalClothing and bedding issued to sailors.
  4. South Africapluralplural onlyplural of slop (“rubber thong sandals”)

    Synonyms: list in flip-flop

slops2

noun
  1. pluralplural 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.

    1 more example

    [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.

    1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 55
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of slop

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.

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open-kneed breeches

nounplural of slop (“rubber thong sandals”)

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list in flip-flop

More synonyms by meaning

nounwet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk

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slopswillpigswillpigwash
Broader
feedprovender
Also see
clatshogwashopen-kneed breechespigswillpigwashslopswill

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with slops

topscopspopschopsmopscopsefopspull out all the stops
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Anagrams

Ploss
Cite this entry
APA

slops. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slops

MLA

“slops.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slops. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slops,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slops.

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