glop

G2L1O1P3
/ɡlɒp/

verb

To stare in amazement.

“Near-synonyms: slap, slop”

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Meanings

glop1

verbglop (third-person singular simple present glops, present participle glopping, simple past and past participle glopped)

present singular third person glops · participle present glopping · participle past glopped · past glopped

  1. archaicdialectalTo stare in amazement.

glop2

nounglop (countable and uncountable, plural glops)

plural glops

  1. informaluncountableAny gooey substance.

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

    2012, Kathryn Lasky, Chasing Orion, page 308

    Synonyms: gloop, goop

  2. 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 Darkness

    Synonyms: glob

verbglop (third-person singular simple present glops, present participle glopping, simple past and past participle glopped)

present singular third person glops · participle present glopping · participle past glopped · past glopped

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

    Near-synonyms: slap, slop

    1 more example

    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

    Synonyms: slap, slop

  2. archaicslangtransitiveTo swallow greedily.

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

    2014, Michelle Mankin, Captivating Bridge

    Synonyms: gulp

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny gooey substance.

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nounA gooey blob of some substance.

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verbTo apply (a liquid) thickly and messily.

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verbTo swallow greedily.

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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.

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Translations

Polish paćka
  • paćkagoo
Spanish emplasto
  • emplastogoo

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with glop

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

Chicago

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

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