slip-slop noun, adjective, verb, & adverb. ['slɪpslɒp] colloq. L17.
[Redupl. of SLOP noun² with vowel variation. In sense A.2 etc. with allus. to Mrs Slipslop, a character in Fielding's novel Joseph Andrews (1742).]
A. noun.
1. A sloppy substance used as a food, drink, or medicine. arch. L17.

2. A blunder in the use of words, esp. (a) malapropism. Also, a person given to making such blunders. Now rare or obsolete. L18.

3. Trifling talk or writing; nonsense, twaddle. E19.

4. A floppy item of footwear; a flip-flop (sandal). Chiefly S. Afr. M19.
b. adjective.
1. Characterized by or given to blundering in the use or forms of words. M18-E19.

2. Having no substance or solidity; sloppy, feeble, trifling. E19.
C. verb intrans. Infl. -pp-.
1. Misuse words, utter a malapropism. rare. Only in L18.

2. Drink a sloppy liquid. rare. Only in M19.

3. Move about in a sloppy manner or with a flapping sound. L19.
D. adverb. With a flapping or slopping sound. L19.

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