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PRONUNCIATION OF SLOPPING OUT

slopping out  [ˈslɒpɪŋ aʊt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLOPPING OUT

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determiner
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Slopping out is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SLOPPING OUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Slopping out

Slopping out is the emptying of buckets of human waste when the cells are unlocked in prisons in the morning. Inmates without a toilet in the cell have to use a bucket or chamber pot while locked in during the night. The reason that some cells do not have toilets is that they date from the Victorian era and were therefore never originally designed to have toilets. As a result, there is no space in which to put a toilet, together with the expense and difficulty of installing the necessary plumbing. Slopping out was allegedly abolished in England and Wales by 1996, although some sources maintain that Prisons Inspector Nick Hardwick has stated that it still persists in some places such as Gloucester gaol. It was scheduled to be abolished in Scotland by 1999. Due to budget restraints the abolition was delayed, and by 2004 prisoners in five of Scotland's sixteen prisons still had to slop out. Slopping out ended in HM Young Offenders Institution Polmont in 2007, leaving HM Prison Peterhead as the last prison where prisoners do not have access to plumbing, as 300 prisoners use chemical toilets due to the difficulty of installing modern plumbing in the prison's granite structure.

Definition of slopping out in the English dictionary

The definition of slopping out in the dictionary is in prison, the practice of emptying chamber pots and collecting water for washing ; a highly controversial issue, hotly contested by prison reformers, because of its demeaning, unpleasant and unhygienic aspects.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLOPPING OUT


about
əˈbaʊt
bout
baʊt
carry-out
ˈkærɪaʊt
checkout
ˈtʃɛkaʊt
cut-out
ˈkʌtˌaʊt
doubt
daʊt
fallout
ˈfɔːlˌaʊt
layout
ˈleɪaʊt
logout
ˈlɒɡˌaʊt
opt-out
ˈɒptˌaʊt
out
aʊt
scout
skaʊt
set-out
ˈsɛtˌaʊt
shout
ʃaʊt
throughout
θruːˈaʊt
tout
taʊt
trout
traʊt
without
wɪˈðaʊt
workout
ˈwɜːkaʊt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLOPPING OUT

slop pail
slope
sloped roman
sloper
slopewise
sloping
slopingly
slopingness
slopped
sloppier
sloppiest
sloppily
sloppiness
slopping
sloppy
sloppy joe
slops
slopwork
slopworker
slopy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLOPPING OUT

bedding out
boarding out
bring out
bug out
check out
coming out
find out
flag out
hang out
log out
on the way out
peg out
pig out
rig out
ring out
sing out
strung out
the sands are running out
veg out
wig out

Synonyms and antonyms of slopping out in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «slopping out» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLOPPING OUT

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The translations of slopping out from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slopping out» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

喷溅出来
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vaciado manual
570 millions of speakers

English

slopping out
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाहर slopping
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السكب من
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выносных ведер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

derramando fora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আউট slopping
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tinettes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Slopping out
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

slopping aus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アウトスロッピング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아웃 slopping
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slopping metu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dốc ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெட்டுதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाहेर पडत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Eğilmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

slopping out
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozlewający się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виносних відер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

slopping afară
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

slopping έξω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slopping uit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slopping ut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skråner ut
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slopping out

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLOPPING OUT»

The term «slopping out» is used very little and occupies the 183.765 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLOPPING OUT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slopping out

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLOPPING OUT»

Discover the use of slopping out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slopping out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The UN Convention Against Torture (UNCAT): Ninteenth Report ...
Slopping Out 93. In 1996 Ministers announced that slopping out had ceased in England and Wales. All prisoners in normal accommodation have had access to sanitation since then in one of four ways: — Integral sanitation: a toilet and wash  ...
Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights, 2006
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Crisis and Change in the British and Dutch Prison Services: ...
ending slopping out, receiving education and the number of hours spend out of cell), to a prison ombudsman, no censorship of mail and improved judicial redress.50 The POA also asked for an additional 3,463 prison officers because the ...
Sandra L. Resodihardjo, 2009
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Prison Conditions in the United Kingdom
In addition, we were told that at times during the morning slopping out session, the over-used toilets become clogged, resulting in an overflow of human waste. ( There are also slopping-out periods throughout the day.) The practice of slopping  ...
Allyson Collins, Haywood Burns, 1992
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Health and Health Promotion in Prisons
Use of “slopping out” (in-cell bucket sanitation and its regular emptying) has very high potential for disease transmission ofHepatitis A and other infectious diseases, particularly dysentery caused by Giardia, Shigella and Clostridium. While very ...
Michael W. Ross, 2013
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British Year Book of International Law 2008
Lord Hoffmann referred ... to a decision of the Court of Session which ruled that in prisons in Scotland the practice of 'slopping out' was, or might be, an infringement of article 3. This decision illustrates very well the point I am trying to make.
James Crawford, Vaughan Lowe, 2009
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Law Making and the Scottish Parliament: The Early Years
(a) Slopping out Certainly the fact that in the early days of the Scottish Parliament the justice Committee was very proactive in calling the Scottish Ministers to account over their willingness to maintain a regime involving slopping out in Scottish ...
Elaine E. Sutherland, 2011
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"These Strange Criminals": An Anthology of Prison Memoirs by ...
Early Morning Slopping-Out Slopping-out, as this early morning ritual was called, was decidely unpleasant, though one got used to it. Every prison memoirist who has experienced slopping-out comments on it with distaste, often with ...
Peter Brock, 2004
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Human dignity and fundamental rights in South Africa and ...
Although slopping out has been acknowledged by the courts and the prison authorities as breaching prisoner's rights, it has not been eliminated in Irish prisons. The courts have not granted orders of mandamus to redress the situation , but ...
Anne Hughes, 2014
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ThirdWay
'Slopping out' remains a daily ritual for approximately half of all our prisoners. Listen again to the Chief Inspector's comments: 'the sanitary arrangements in many penal establishments. . . are uncivilized, unhygienic and degrading. . . the ...
10
The Prison and the Gallows: The Politics of Mass ...
... prisons from the Middle Ages to the modern age by ending practices like enforced cell sharing in centuriesold facilities that lacked modern plumbing and that relied on the daily “slopping out” of body wastes by prisoners.I89 Three years later, ...
Marie Gottschalk, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLOPPING OUT»

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Slopping out: Irish prisoners line up for €4.2m payout
Some of Ireland's most notorious criminals are suing the State because they are being forced to slop out their prison cells. «Irish Independent, Apr 15»
2
Degrading 'slopping out' comes to end at Mountjoy
the degrading practice of “slopping out” at Mountjoy prison “has been consigned to history,” the new Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald, has declared. «Herald.ie, May 14»
3
End of slopping out is 'capital dependent'
Officers at Portlaoise Prison will have to put up with 'slopping out' at the jail's high security E-Block until a promise of investment is delivered by the Government. «Leinster Express, Mar 14»
4
In Cork Prison, 'slopping out is the worst part'
Lifting the lid on the prison — which at its height crammed 330 prisoners into cells fit for 143 — I witnessed the 'slopping out' of toilet pots in the morning. «Irish Examiner, Dec 13»
5
Slopping beer as they ran from pub
"About four of us ran out of the bar with pints in our hands." The group surprisingly managed to save some of their from slopping out of the glasses as they ran, ... «Stuff.co.nz, Aug 13»
6
'Slopping out' to end in Cork prison
The Victorian practice of “slopping out” will end in Cork prison with the development of a new jail with in-cell sanitation, the Dáil has heard. The new prison will ... «Irish Times, Jun 13»
7
Minister: No more 'slopping out' at Mountjoy by next year
Justice Minister Alan Shatter said today that the practice of slopping out at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin will be phased out by the end of the year. Alan Shatter ... «BreakingNews.ie, Jun 13»
8
Mountjoy to end antiquated practice of slopping out
The practice of slopping out will be eliminated in Mountjoy Prison for the first time in its 160-year history within the next six months, the director general of the ... «Irish Times, May 13»
9
Almanac: Slopping out a homestead no easy task
In 1955, we were going to cut out a farm on the Kenai Peninsula. The craziest idea we have had yet, but it was fun and a good place to raise our family.”. «The Redoubtreporter, Mar 13»
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Judge blasts Euro law that allows prisoners appeal on jail slopping out
Travesty The pair, whose claim was a test case for more than 300 other actions nationwide, said it was an affront to prisoners' human dignity that "slopping out" ... «Express.co.uk, Oct 12»

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