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goo

[ goo ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. a thick or sticky substance:

    Wash that goo off your hands.

  2. maudlin sentimentality.


goo

/ ɡuː /

noun

  1. a sticky or viscous substance
  2. coy or sentimental language or ideas
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of goo1

1910–15, Americanism; perhaps short for burgoo
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Word History and Origins

Origin of goo1

C20: of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

Napalm is the infamous, goo-like substance that burns quickly when lit on fire and adheres easily to skin.

On Dec. 10, at 8:27 a.m., baby Quentin came into the world purple and covered in white goo.

By the third take, the goo was dripping off my lips, and I heard Steven yell, ‘Cut!’

She makes personal appearances and people go goo-goo ga-ga over her—all over the U.S. and internationally.

New leaders come to Washington and immediately get stuck in the bureaucratic goo.

And to this day the Indians say that when a baby cries "Goo" he remembers the time when he conquered the mighty Glooskap.

Indeed, The Hopper's spirits rose under his continued "goo-gooing" and chirruping.

As for Mabel, she was one of them gushy, goo-gooey kind of girls, and she was as struck with the shebang as her dad.

Dave shrugged his shoulders and replied evasively: "Pretty goo' fishin' groun' here at 'Pete's Patch.'"

My missis an' the maids they won't goo near the church to-night, an' I wager no one else won't, neither.

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