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goopy

American  
[goo-pee] / ˈgu pi /

adjective

Slang.
goopier, goopiest
  1. characteristic of goop; sticky, viscous.

  2. mawkishly sentimental.

    a goopy love story.


Etymology

Origin of goopy

First recorded in 1915–20; goop 2 + -y 1


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Previously, the researchers determined that VFD's intense micromixing could produce clean biodiesel from used cooking oil and homogenize raw milk, but they hadn't used the platform to process more goopy liquids, such as shampoos.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024

With a bacterial infection, discharge tends to be goopy, thick and sticky, whereas allergies cause extreme itching of the eyes and eyelids.

From Scientific American ● May 12, 2023

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt—a goopy mass of leafy, floating seaweed stretching across 5,000 miles—is slated to be a nuisance of record breaking proportions this year.

From National Geographic ● Apr. 17, 2023

Swimmers must heat a pot of unflavored gelatin, the goopy stuff normally used to thicken broths and puddings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2022

She drove her bread to the bottom of the container and scooped up a drooping, goopy mound of it.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

I recommend starting with only 3/4 of the pasta you cooked; less pasta = more sauce = goopier macaroni and cheese.

From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2021

If you don’t have a big stamp pad, you can use poster paint, with a goopier result.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2021

Repackaging Rogaine as “wellness”—it doesn’t get goopier than that.

From Slate ● May 28, 2019

Instead, sometimes this EP highlights its weakness: Mr. Brown’s voice, which lacks power and nuance, and lays even flatter the goopier the lyric.

From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2013

Americans Elect’s ideology was goopier than week-old pudding.

From Slate ● May 16, 2012

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