slopping

slopping is the present participle and gerund of slop.

Meaning of slop

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

(transitive) To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
- I slopped water all over my shirt.
(transitive) In a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
(transitive) To feed pigs.
(intransitive) To make one's way through soggy terrain.
- We slopped through paddies in 100-degree-plus heat and slept with one eye open at night.1980, The Leatherneck, volume 63, page 13

slopping (plural sloppings)

Liquid that has been slopped.
- […] the birth of Christ, when these long valleys […] were still extensive lakes, sloppings of the great deluge, not yet dried up in time to pass away from the evaporation of the sun's rays and the labour of mankind.1860, Horace Marryat, A residence in Jutland, the Danish Isles, and Copenhagen
- It is only fair to say that they could have been removed by hand in the dark, but on examining the table, I was unable to see any of those sloppings of water which might be expected to follow such an operation.1921, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Wanderings of a Spiritualist

plural	sloppings

What does slopping mean?: Slopping means liquid that has been slopped.
What is slopping the present participle and gerund of?: Slopping is the present participle and gerund of slop.
What part of speech is slopping?: Slopping is a noun.
What is the plural of slopping?: The plural of slopping is sloppings.

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