Meanings
glop1
present singular third person glops · participle present glopping · participle past glopped · past glopped
glop2
plural glops
- countableinformalA 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.
1 more example
Kylarai studied me as I picked a glop of mascara from one lash.
2015, Kristen L. Middleton, W. J. May, Suzy Turner, Darlings of DarknessSynonyms: glob
present singular third person glops · participle present glopping · participle past glopped · past glopped
- informaltransitiveTo apply (a liquid) thickly and messily.
Near-synonyms: slap, slop
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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.”
2012, Courtney Milan, The Duchess War - archaicslangtransitiveTo swallow greedily.
[…] drinking something. Probably that nasty spinach concoction she glopped down every morning.
2014, Michelle Mankin, Captivating BridgeSynonyms: gulp
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA gooey blob of some substance.
verbTo swallow greedily.
More synonyms by meaning
nounwriting or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
glop · noun, verb
1940-45, of expressive origin. Compare goop, gulp.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish paćka
- paćkagoo
Spanish emplasto
- emplastogoo
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with glop
All rhymes →Cite this entry
glop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glop
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