goos

Noun (1)

goo (usually uncountable, plural goos)

1. (informal, usually) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.
   • I stepped in some goo and had a terrible time getting the sticky stuff off my shoes.

   Synonyms:

   gloop, goop, gunge, gunk

2. (figuratively, usually) Excessive, showy sentimentality.
   • […] To be really human is probably to be unavoidably sentimental and naive and goo-prone and generally pathetic, is to be in some basic interior way forever infantile, some sort of not-quite-right-looking infant dragging itself anaclitically around the map, with big wet eyes and froggy-soft skin...1996, David Foster Wallace, “14 November Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment”, in Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 694–695

   Synonyms:

   mawkishness, saccharinity, sugariness

Noun (2)

goo (plural goos)

1. A noise made by a baby trying to imitate speech.
   • The infant's goos and gahs were endearing.

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