slops
/slɒps/noun, verb
slops is spelled S-L-O-P-S: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, slops means “Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in slops?
| Letters | 5: S-L-O-P-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is slops?
Slops appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce slops?
- /slɒps/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-slops.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does slops mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteLoose trousers.
- 2
Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.
- 3
datedClothing and bedding issued to sailors.
- 4
plural of slop (“rubber thong sandals”)
- 5
plural of slop (“scraps fed to animals; household wastewater”)
I don't mind slopping the hogs, but I don't like the stench of the slops.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of slop
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).