Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slopping

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: slop-ping
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of slop

noun

Liquid that has been slopped.

Example Sentences

"[…] 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."
"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."

Inflected Forms

sloppings (plural)

Phrases

slopping out

Frequently Paired Words

slopping out

Questions

What does slopping mean?: present participle and gerund of slop

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