goopy
Americanadjective
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characteristic of goop; sticky, viscous.
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mawkishly sentimental.
a goopy love story.
Etymology
Origin of goopy
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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
“I know they don’t look like much,” added Nat, “all goopy and slimy, but they’ll make you strong. Here, try one.”
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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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