/slop' suhk-r/ A lowest-priority task that only runs when the COMputer would otherwise be idle. Also called a "hungry puppy" or "bottom feeder" (after the fishermen' s and naturalists' term for finny creatures who subsist on the primordial ooze). One COMmon variety of slopsucker hunts for large {prime numbers}. COMpare background. [Jargon File] (2003-09-29)