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

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

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

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2018

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

Who can forget the moment when Iain Watters went into meltdown after his ice cream creation sank into a wet gloop in the heat?

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2016

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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