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slip·shod adjective : SLOVENLY, CARELESS <~ work>

slip·stream noun : a stream (as of air) driven aft by a propeller

slip·up noun 1 : a wrong action or statement proceeding from faulty judgment, inadequate knowledge, or inattention : MISTAKE

2 : ACCIDENT

1slit verb slit; slit·ting 1 : to make a slit in : SLASH

2 : to cut off or away

Synonyms

cut, gash, rip, slash, slice—more at CUT

2slit noun : a long narrow cut or opening

Synonyms

gash, laceration, rent, rip, slash, tear—more at GASH

slith·er verb : to slip or glide along like a snake

Synonyms

crawl, creep, grovel, snake, worm—more at CRAWL

slith·ery adjective : having a slippery surface, texture, or quality

Synonyms

greasy, slick, slippery—more at SLICK

sliv·er noun : a long slender piece cut or torn off : SPLINTER

slob noun : a slovenly or boorish person

Synonyms

beast, boor, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, jerk, joker, louse, lout, skunk, snake—more at JERK

slob·ber verb slob·bered; slob·ber·ing 1 : to dribble saliva

2 : to be excessively or unrestrainedly enthusiastic or emotional

Synonyms

[1] dribble, drivel, drool, salivate, slaver—more at DROOL

[2] enthuse, fuss, gush, rave, rhapsodize—more at GUSH

slobber noun : saliva drooled from the mouth

Synonyms

saliva, spit—more at SALIVA

sloe noun : the fruit of the blackthorn

slog verb slogged; slog·ging 1 : to hit hard : BEAT

2 : to work hard and steadily

Synonyms

drudge, labor, peg, plod, plug, slave, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, work—more at LABOR

slo·gan noun [ORIGIN: alter. of earlier slogorn, fr. ScGael sluagh-ghairm, fr. sluagh army, host + gairm cry]

: a word or phrase expressing the spirit or aim of a party, group, or cause

slo–mo noun : SLOW MOTION

— slo–mo adjective

Synonyms

cry, shibboleth, watchword; also tag line; expression, idiom; cliché; maxim, motto

sloop noun [ORIGIN: D sloep]

: a single-masted sailboat with a jib and a fore-and-aft mainsail

1slop noun 1 : thin tasteless drink or liquid food — usu. used in pl.

2 : food waste for animal feed : SWILL

3 : excreted body waste — usu. used in pl.

4 : soft mud

Synonyms

slops [3] droppings, waste—more at DROPPINGS

[4] mire, muck, mud, ooze, slime, sludge, slush—more at MUD

2slop verb slopped; slop·ping 1 : SPILL

2 : to feed with slop <~ hogs>

1slope verb sloped; slop·ing : to lie or fall in a slant : INCLINE; also : to cause to incline or slant

Synonyms

angle, cant, cock, heel, incline, lean, list, slant, tilt, tip—more at LEAN

2slope noun 1 : upward or downward slant or degree of slant

2 : ground that forms an incline

3 : the part of a landmass draining into a particular ocean

Synonyms

cant, diagonal, grade, inclination, incline, lean, pitch, slant, tilt, upgrade—more at SLANT

slop·py adjective slop·pi·er; -est 1 : wet so as to spatter easily : MUDDY, SLUSHY

2 : untidy esp. in personal appearance : SLOVENLY, MESSY; also : lazily slipshod

3 : excessive in emotional expression

Synonyms

[2] dowdy, frowsy, messy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy; also chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disheveled, disordered, messed, muddled, mussed, mussy, rumpled

Antonyms

dapper, dashing, dolled up, sharp, smart, spruce

[3] corny, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sugary—more at CORNY

sloppy joe noun : ground beef cooked in a thick spicy sauce and usu. served on a bun

slosh verb 1 : to flounder through or splash about in or with water, mud, or slush

2 : to move with a splashing motion

Synonyms

lap, plash, splash, swash; also babble, bubble, gurgle, ripple

slot noun 1 : a long narrow opening or groove

2 : a position in a sequence

slot car noun : an electric toy racing car that runs on a grooved track

sloth noun, plural sloths 1 : disinclination to action or labor : LAZINESS, INDOLENCE

2 : any of several slow-moving plant-eating arboreal mammals of So. and Central America

Synonyms

idleness, indolence,