goop

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nounInformal.
  1. a bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.

Origin of goop

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Expressive coinage, apparently first used by Gelett Burgess in his book Goops and How to Be Them (1900)

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goop2
[ goop ]

nounSlang.
  1. a viscous or sticky substance; goo.

Origin of goop

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1955–60; expressive coinage akin to glop, gook1, etc.

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British Dictionary definitions for goop

goop

/ (ɡuːp) /


nounUS and Canadian slang
  1. a rude or ill-mannered person

  2. any sticky or semiliquid substance

Origin of goop

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C20: coined by G. Burgess (1866–1951), American humorist

Derived forms of goop

  • goopy, adjective

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