gloppy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of gloppy
Example Sentences
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Casserole, salad, cake — all upgraded, rebranded, distanced from the image of gloppy cream-of-whatever soup and shelf-stable “cheese food.”
From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025
A typical spread at a Memorial Day barbecue might not scream “healthy,” but nutritionists see an opportunity in those gloppy, heavy side dishes.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024
Stations may focus on touch, such as a blindfolded journey through various gloppy textures, while others are directed toward more aural sensations.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Hidden beneath the mountains is a kind of Jurassic World made of gloppy, bubble-gum-pink material and filled with hungry, amoeba-like creatures, acid lakes and fields of anemone that regenerate on the spot.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2022
They tumbled to the ground, the boy laughing and Otto making his pleased raspy sound as he got a gloppy handful of mud and smooshed it into the kid’s thigh.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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