flipper vs slop

flipper

noun
  • A flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming. 

  • Television remote control, clicker. 

  • A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce. 

  • A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play. 

  • A kind of false tooth, usually temporary. 

  • A small flat used to support a larger one. 

  • Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit. 

  • Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin. 

  • In marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming. 

  • A kitchen spatula. 

verb
  • To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water. 

slop

noun
  • A rubber thong sandal. 

  • Domestic liquid waste; household wastewater. 

  • A policeman. 

  • Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown about, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot. 

  • Inferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food. 

  • Semi-solid like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp. 

  • See slops. 

  • Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs. 

verb
  • To spill or dump liquid, especially over the edge of a container when it moves. 

  • To make one's way through soggy terrain. 

  • In the game of pool or snooker to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot. 

  • To feed pigs. 

  • To spill liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid. 

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