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gloop

British  
/ ɡluːp, ɡlɑp /

noun

  1. informal any messy sticky fluid or substance

"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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Etymology

Origin of gloop

C20: of uncertain origin

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It’s gloop and glop, with maybe more gloop.

From Salon Jun. 8, 2026

The gloop was knee-deep and mud pits formed next to the main stage.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2025

After all, you wouldn’t eat a beautiful cake if it smelled like sewage, but you would probably try some ugly gloop that smelled like cinnamon.

From New York Times Jan. 28, 2021

But the ultimate payoff of what happens — and, more importantly, how it happens — is what elevates “Lady Macbeth” above soap opera gloop and into greatness.

From Washington Times Jul. 18, 2017

Behind her they heard the gloop gloop of the bubbling, glutinous potion.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

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