Meaning & use
goop
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A thick, sticky, semi-liquid substance, often of an unpleasant or messy nature.
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Green goop oozed out of the broken glow stick and onto the carpet.
She scraped the gooey goop off the bottom of the pan.
A note on using this word
This informal word is imitative in origin, meant to sound like the thick, sticky substance it describes.
Words with a similar meaning
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