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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


Example Sentences

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

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025

And what I learned is that there is literally no way I can cultivate a jar of gray gloop with more nurturing attention than I've given most of my relationships.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2023

It used to be that you bought a pie and knew it contained vague meat in a gloop.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2019

But the bogusness wins her a corporate consulting gig competing to develop organic face gloop, anyway.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2018

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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