dollop
[dol-uh p]
- a lump or blob of some substance: dollops of mud.
- a small quantity: Add a dollop of soda water to the mixture.
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- to dispense in dollops: to dollop whipped cream over the cake.
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Origin of dollop
1565–75; compare Icelandic dōlpur fat man, Norwegian (dial.) dolp lump
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Contemporary Examples
Dessert is a slice of melt-in-your-mouth treacle tart with a dollop of perfectly tart clotted cream.
And, of course, the whole shebang can be topped with a dollop of hot cheese.
He embraced it, like the nickname “Killer,” and he fed the rage with drugs as required: Every audience demanded its dollop.
To explain this ghostly occurrence, we get a dollop of gossip concerning the recent death of a hated bishop.
It will require an all-hands-on-deck effort combining hard work, political savvy, and even a dollop of good luck.
Historical Examples
Such a phrase as this might be heard: "What a dollop of fat you have given me!"
Said you give him a dollop o' pudding, and it tasted of soap and hair-oil.
New Treasure SeekersE. (Edith) Nesbit
But before Brother Copas could withdraw the plate a dollop of meat had been dumped upon it.
Brother CopasSir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Then the bows lifted to the first swell, and a dollop of spray flew over them, and rattled against the bridge-screens.
Pincher Martin, O.D.H. Taprell Dorling
A certain weight of jute, termed a “dollop,” is laid upon the feed cloth for each revolution of the latter.
dollop
- a semisolid lump
- a large serving, esp of food
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- (tr foll by out) to serve out (food)
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Word Origin
C16: of unknown origin
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Word Origin and History for dollop
n.
1570s, from East Anglian dialectal dallop "patch, tuft or clump of grass," of uncertain origin. Modern sense of "a lump or glob" is 1812. As a verb, from 1825.
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