ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Goop

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɡuːp/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Goop is a noun meaning (informal, usually uncountable) A thick, slimy substance; goo.

Meaning

(informal, usually uncountable) A thick, slimy substance; goo.

More Meanings

  1. (countable, informal, derogatory, dated) A silly, stupid, or boorish person.
  2. (informal) To apply a thick, slimy, or goo-like substance.
  3. (informal, dated) To stare; gawk.

Example Sentences

Young John blushed at being found “gooping” at himself in the glass.
it was dreadful, it was frightening, to be the sort of woman that, for some unknown reason, all men looked at, all men gooped at, all men—wanted.
He always said vegetables are grown to be eaten, not gooped at. Even a donkey doesn't want a carrot a foot long. I've always remembered. Of course he never won a thing at the Show.
I pointed out that Stiffy, who is pure padded cell from the foundation up, was planning to marry the Rev. H.P. Pinker, himself as pronounced a goop as ever preached the Hivites and Hittites

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Related dictionary entries include gunk, glop, gloop, gunge, guck, gooiness.

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