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Vinony

glop

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɡlɒp/

noun

Etymology: 1940-45, of expressive origin. Compare goop, gulp.

  1. Any gooey substance.

    “He inserted the needle, and in about thirty seconds the most disgusting greenish glop started to drop into the bowl.”

  2. A gooey blob of some substance.

    “1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Got out a jack knife & scraped glops of wax off the floor.”

    “Kylarai studied me as I picked a glop of mascara from one lash.”

verb

Etymology: 1940-45, of expressive origin. Compare goop, gulp.

  1. To apply (a liquid) thickly and messily.

    “Near-synonyms: slap, slop”

    “He unscrewed the top from the pot, dipped the stick in, and clumsily glopped the white mess onto the handbill Minnie was holding. “You are an untidy paster.””

  2. To swallow greedily.

    “[…] drinking something. Probably that nasty spinach concoction she glopped down every morning.”