Sekirov Dictionary

slipslop

noun 5
adjective 2
verb 2
forms 5

noun5

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Nonsense; gibberish; twaddle.
- It is an average specimen of the slipslop and real ignorance generally existing upon the subject. — 1843
•
Poor writing; text that is imprecise, weak, or overly informal.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne is, for one, reported to have called him "a dealer in slipslop on many subjects." — 1978
•
Watery food or drink that is of inferior quality.
- They vvere fed very poorly. Once a day they vvould get some slipslop. — 2003
•
A quantity of worthless things; mess.
- This story slips for ever through my fingers. I'm very sorry, but I cannot help it; going to sea has given me such a turn for rambling ; besides, I cannot spare the room for all my slipslop. — 1831
•
A splashing, sloshing, or slapping sound.
- The thought drove him forward the more quickly : he paddled strongly with alternate feet and was soon billowing through a regular slipslop of wavelets. — 1949

adjective2

•
Slipshod; loose and imprecise.
- But with how little benefit, the slipslop spelling of proper names and technical terms in official correspondence, and the barbarous names which crowd the face of the best Indian maps, bear witness? — 1859
•
Tending to flop or slide about.
- It dawned on me, in a flash of insight, that slipslop dresses were just a temporary fad and that state of mind was more important than costume ... — 1991

verb2

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To move with a slapping or flopping action.
- Both Ivor and Philip were cowed by this royal anger and they were silent for some time after she had slipslopped in her carpet slippers down the passage, muttering fiercely as she went. — 1950
•
To slide about like waves.
- Below, among dark mysteries of the under-wharf, the water placidly slipslopped; the sea-wind blew gently in, fluffing a lock of hair across my face. — 1920

forms

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