slop vs spatter

slop

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

  • Domestic liquid waste; household wastewater. 

  • A policeman. 

  • A rubber thong sandal. 

  • 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. 

spatter

noun
  • A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface. 

  • A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface. 

  • A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface. 

  • A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface. 

  • The sound of droplets hitting a surface. 

verb
  • To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing. 

  • To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets. 

  • To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something). 

  • To splash (someone or something) with small droplets. 

  • To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around. 

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