slipshod, adj. last-minute, slap-bang, careless, hurried. See - slapdash, slip-up, n. Informal, mistake, error, human error, Inf. miscue; blunder, botch, bungle, fumble, flub, muff; leak, slip, slip of the tongue or pen; faux pas, gaffe, indiscretion, breach of etiquette, offense, peccadillo; oversight, omission, miss, Inf. go-by; inadvertence, loose thread, (pi.) paralipomena; All Sl. pratfall, fool mistake, foul-up, louse-up, screw-up, boner, boo-boo, boot, goof, blooper, clinker, clunker,
slit, v. 1. cut, slice, slash, gash, incise, pierce, lance; sever, abscind, split, carve, cleave, sunder; rend, rive, tear, rip; snip, clip, scissor; divide, section, apportion; disjoin, disunite, dismember.
-n. 2. cut, gash, slash, cleft, rift, trench; incision, groove, opening, aperture, indentation; wound, laceration; nick, tear, rip, split,
sliver, n. splinter, shive, fragment, segment, chip, whittling, shaving, flake, filament; shred, bit, scrap, snip, snippet; snatch, modicum, iota, whit; mite, micron, molecule, trace,
slobber, v. slaver, slabber, drool, water at the mouth, drivel, dribble, drip saliva; sputter, splutter,
slogan, n. motto, byword, catchword, catch phrase, battle cry, buzz word, red flag, watch word, shibboleth, test word, pet phrase; expression, saying, phrase; sign, logo, Journalism, masthead,
slop, v. 1. spill, splash, splatter, spatter; wash over, slosh over, slosh around, swish around, swash around.
-n. 2. swill, hogwash; kitchen refuse, garbage, rubbish, waste, offscourings, scraps, orts, leavings, leftovers.
3. Often
slops dirty water, dish water, liquid refuse.
4. liquid mud, muck, mire, Sl. guck, slime, sludge, ooze.
slope, v. 1. slant, oblique, skew, fall obliquely, angle, bevel, pitch, grade, bank; ascend, rise; descend, drop or drop off, dip, sag, sink; list, lean, tip, tilt, cant, heel, Naut. careen.
-n. 2. inclination, slant, bevel, pitch, grade, angle, skew, tilt, cant; ramp, inclined plane, bank, hillside, hill, mount, acclivity, ascent, rise; declivity, downward slope or slant, Scot. and North Eng. brae, decline, declension, descent, downgrade; drop, fall, dip, sag.
3. Usu.
slopes hills, foothills, bluffs, mountains,
sloping, adj. oblique, slanted, diagonal. See - slanting.
sloppy, adj. 1. muddy, oozy, slimy, SI. gucky; slushy, sloshy, wet, watery, sodden, soggy, plashy; slippery, Inf. slippy.
2. splashed, splashy, spotty, spotted, soiled, stained, splattered, spattered.