goop
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
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a rude or ill-mannered person
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any sticky or semiliquid substance
Other Word Forms
- goopy adjective
Etymology
Origin of goop1
Expressive coinage, apparently first used by Gelett Burgess in his book Goops and How to Be Them (1900)
Origin of goop2
Example Sentences
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Two problems: At the time, renewable energy cost too much to make it affordable, and adding water usually turns quicklime into an unwieldy goop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Duck à l’orange has a reputation as an archaic 1970s atrocity owing to American cooks bastardizing what should be a glistening garnish into a sickly-sweet goop.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025
In the distance, a white-tailed eagle soared in the clear sky, and Anne Günther, the veterinarian leading the project, smiled as she pointed to plaques of white goop staining the grass: fresh eagle feces.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2023
Train cars on the tunnel’s custom-built rail line carried the muck to a drop shaft in Ballard, where a crane with a clamshell bucket grabbed the goop.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023
I hold up a corner bit of postcard that’s covered in red goop.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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