goop

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A thick, slimy substance

   A thick, slimy substance; goo.

2. 2

   A silly, stupid, or boorish person.

   • I pointed out that Stiffy, who is pure padded cell from the foundation up, was planning to marry the Rev. H.P. Pinker, himself as pronounced a goop as ever preached the Hivites and Hittites
3. 3

   To apply a thick, slimy, or goo-like substance.

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   1. 4

      To stare

      To stare; gawk.

      • Young John blushed at being found “gooping” at himself in the glass.
      • He always said vegetables are grown to be eaten, not gooped at. Even a donkey doesn't want a carrot a foot long. I've always remembered. Of course he never won a thing at the Show.
      • it was dreadful, it was frightening, to be the sort of woman that, for some unknown reason, all men looked at, all men gooped at, all men—wanted.

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