goo

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noun Informal.

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

Origin of goo

1910–15, Americanism; perhaps short for burgoo

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Examples from the Web for goo

Contemporary Examples

By the third take, the goo was dripping off my lips, and I heard Steven yell, ‘Cut!’
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Anna Klassen
April 6, 2013
Is Glee itself a cynical calculation, with its methodical recipe of skepticism and goo?
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Caryn James
May 18, 2009

Historical Examples

I took Googoo because he does love it so, and—Goo, be still, I tell you!
The Portygee
Joseph Crosby Lincoln
He put his mouth to the keyhole and roared the soothing words "Goo' dog!"
Love Among the Chickens
P. G. Wodehouse
And to this day when you see a baby crowing and saying "Goo, goo!"
The Book of Stories for the Storyteller
Fanny E. Coe
Put it in your pocket, quick—say no more 'bout it, Goo' ni'.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 17, 1887
Various
And you mustn't goo for to think, sir, that goo I would now, if stay I could.
Cripps, the Carrier
R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

British Dictionary definitions for goo

goo

noun informal

a sticky or viscous substance
coy or sentimental language or ideas

Word Origin

C20: of uncertain origin

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Word Origin and History for goo

n.

1903, American English, of obscure origin, probably a back-formation from gooey.

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Examples from the Web for goo

Contemporary Examples

By the third take, the goo was dripping off my lips, and I heard Steven yell, ‘Cut!’

Is Glee itself a cynical calculation, with its methodical recipe of skepticism and goo?

Historical Examples

I took Googoo because he does love it so, and—Goo, be still, I tell you!

He put his mouth to the keyhole and roared the soothing words "Goo' dog!"

And to this day when you see a baby crowing and saying "Goo, goo!"

Put it in your pocket, quick—say no more 'bout it, Goo' ni'.

And you mustn't goo for to think, sir, that goo I would now, if stay I could.

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