Spilled or splashed; covered with slopped liquid; in a sloppy or messy state.
From 'a-' plus 'slop,' which has murky origins—possibly from Old English 'sleopan' (to slip) or influenced by the verb 'slap.' By the 1600s it meant spilled liquid or mud, and 'aslop' emerged as the adverbial form.
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