goo

[ goo ]

/ gu /

noun Informal.

a thick or sticky substance: Wash that goo off your hands.

maudlin sentimentality.

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Words nearby goo

gonzo, gonzález, gonzález márquez, gonâve, gonçalves dias, goo, goo-goo, goober, gooby, gooch, good

Origin of goo

1910–15, Americanism; perhaps short for burgoo

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Example sentences from the Web for goo

By the third take, the goo was dripping off my lips, and I heard Steven yell, ‘Cut!’
‘Jurassic Park’ Turns 20: Film Memories With Ariana Richards|Anna Klassen|April 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Is Glee itself a cynical calculation, with its methodical recipe of skepticism and goo?
The Best New Show on TV|Caryn James|May 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
And he sayde: I will not lett the goo/ excepte thou blesse me.
The First Boke of Moses called Genesis|William Tyndale
It was gittin' pretty handy to midnight, and he thought how he'd goo home to bed.
Highways & Byways in Sussex|E.V. Lucas

"Goo'-bye," murmured the little fellow sleepily, and then he was carried up to his bed in Uncle Toby's house.
The Curlytops and Their Pets|Howard R. Garis
Zober, lad, goo zober now, if thee wish to see thy moother.'
Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor|R. D. Blackmore
Hes led Sam astray, and putten it into his head to list and goo for a souldhier.
The House on the Moor, v. 2/3|Mrs. Oliphant

British Dictionary definitions for goo

goo

/ (ɡuː) /

noun informal

a sticky or viscous substance

coy or sentimental language or ideas

Word Origin for goo

C20: of uncertain origin

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