/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)