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gooping

gooping noun: the deposition on paper of a blob of accumulated ink from a ballpoint pen. Also the present participle and gerund of goop.

Noun

gooping (uncountable)

  1. (forensics) The deposition on paper of a blob of accumulated ink from a ballpoint pen.
    • "Such defects as failure to write, split lines, skipping, lines fainter in one particular direction, gooping (deposition of large droplets of ink), and change in density of line may result from wear, damage, or from improper pen design or[…]"1948, Science Digest
    • Usually, gooping is observed after the pen changes direction, and it should in no way be interpreted as an identifying characteristic.2019, Linton A. Mohammed, Forensic Examination of Signatures

Also used as

gooping is also the present participle and gerund of goop.

Questions about gooping

What does gooping mean?
Gooping means the deposition on paper of a blob of accumulated ink from a ballpoint pen.
What part of speech is gooping?
Gooping is a noun.

Words near gooping in the dictionary

  1. gooped
  2. goopier
  3. goopiest
  4. goopily
  5. goopiness
  6. gooping
  7. goops
  8. goopy
  9. gooral
  10. goorals
  11. Gooram

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