glop
See also: glöp
English
Etymology 1
Variation of glope.
Verb
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Etymology 2
1940-45, of expressive origin. Compare goop, gulp.
Noun
glop (countable and uncountable, plural glops)
- (informal, uncountable) Any gooey substance.
- 2012, Kathryn Lasky, Chasing Orion, page 308:
- He inserted the needle, and in about thirty seconds the most disgusting greenish glop started to drop into the bowl.
- (informal, countable) A gooey blob of some substance.
- 2015, Kristen L. Middleton, W. J. May, Suzy Turner, Darlings of Darkness
- Kylarai studied me as I picked a glop of mascara from one lash.
- 2015, Kristen L. Middleton, W. J. May, Suzy Turner, Darlings of Darkness
Verb
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- (transitive, informal) To apply (a liquid) thickly and messily.
- 2012, Courtney Milan, The Duchess War:
- He unscrewed the top from the pot, dipped the stick in, and clumsily glopped the white mess onto the handbill Minnie was holding. “You are an untidy paster.”
- (transitive, archaic) To swallow greedily.
Derived terms
Catalan
Etymology
Onomatopoeic
Pronunciation
Noun
glop m (plural glops)
Dutch
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Borrowed from West Frisian?”)
Pronunciation
Noun
glop n (plural gloppen, diminutive glopje n)
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