gloop

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/ɡluːp/

noun

Any gooey, viscous substance.

RareScrabble 8

Meanings

noungloop (countable and uncountable, plural gloops)

plural gloops

  1. countableinformaluncountableAny gooey, viscous substance.

    Mr. Stink smiled, before letting the last sludge of his volcanic gloop slip down his throat.

    2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
    1 more example

    And when it comes to mochi, the Japanese rice dough, much of its appeal can be attributed to a glorious bounce or a gelatinous squish or a comforting kind of gloop.

    2016 June 27, Tejal Rao, “Making Mochi, a Japanese Treat That’s All About Texture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2021

    Synonyms: glop, goo, goop, slime, slop

verbgloop (third-person singular simple present gloops, present participle glooping, simple past and past participle glooped)

present singular third person gloops · participle present glooping · participle past glooped · past glooped

  1. To flow like goo or goop, to move in a slushy way.
  2. To cover someone in gloop or goo.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny gooey, viscous substance.

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Origin

Onomatopoeic; similar to glop or goop.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

gloop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gloop

MLA

“gloop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gloop. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gloop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gloop.

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