The Clue
Waste (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SLOP
Tags
Notes
The answer SLOP is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.
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Definition
SLOP as a noun:
1. (slop, slops, swill, pigswill, pigwash) = wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
2. (slop, mire) = deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop"
3. (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand; "she carried out the sink slops"
4. (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink; "he lived on the thin slops that food kitchens provided"
5. (treacle, mush, slop) = an expression that is excessively sweet and sentimental
SLOP as a verb:
1. (spill, slop, splatter) = cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"
2. (squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop) = walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
3. ladle clumsily; "slop the food onto the plate"
4. (slop, swill) = feed pigs