Meaning & use

Glop

noun·Everyday

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A soft, sticky, shapeless mass, especially of food or some other substance.

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He scraped a glop of paint off the brush before starting again.

The cafeteria served an unidentifiable glop that nobody wanted to eat.

A note on using this word

An informal, sound-imitative word, likely coined to mimic the wet, plopping sound of something thick and gooey.

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