goop

/ɡuːp/

goop noun: a thick, slimy substance; goo.

Noun

goop (usually uncountable, plural goops)

(informal, usually) A thick, slimy substance; goo.
- The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the...2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, page 7]”, in The New York Times, archived from the...
(countable, dated, derogatory, informal, usually) 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 Hittites1963, P.G. Wodehouse, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, chapter 22

goop (third-person singular simple present goops, present participle gooping, simple past and past participle gooped)

(informal) To apply a thick, slimy, or goo-like substance.
- Airstream, 1977. He showed her ones on eBay that looked like blunt rifle slugs, went for crazy money in any condition at all. The uncle had gooped this one over with white expansion foam, gone gray and dirty now, to stop it leaking and for insulation.2014, William Gibson, The Peripheral, G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN
(dated, informal) To stare; gawk.
- Young John blushed at being found “gooping” at himself in the glass.1925, Margaret Turnbull, Alabaster Lamps
- 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.1955, Ring Up the Curtain: Four Plays

بےوقوف, پگلوٹ

For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial.2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25...
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.1968, Christianna Brand, What Dread Hand: A Collection of Short Stories, The Hornet's Nest:

Noun
plural	goops
Verb
third-person singular present	goops
present participle	gooping
past participle	gooped
past	gooped

1930s, perhaps a variant of goo; compare gloop and glob.

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What does goop mean?: Goop means a thick, slimy substance; goo.
What is goop in Urdu?: Goop in Urdu is بےوقوف, پگلوٹ. See Goop meaning in Urdu.
How do you use goop in a sentence?: For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial.
What part of speech is goop?: Goop can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce goop?: Goop is pronounced /ɡuːp/.
What is the plural of goop?: The plural of goop is goops.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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