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In some senses, glop is marked as archaic, informal, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
glop
/ɡlɒp/
verb 3noun 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
disgusting, greenish, most, picked
GLOP + NOUN
mascara
PREP.
from
Definitions
verb
1
To stare in amazement.
noun
1
Any gooey substance.
He inserted the needle, and in about thirty seconds the most disgusting greenish glop started to drop into the bowl.
2
A 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.
Kylarai studied me as I picked a glop of mascara from one lash.
verb
1
To apply (a liquid) thickly and messily.
Near-synonyms: slap, slop
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.”
2
To swallow greedily.
[…] drinking something. Probably that nasty spinach concoction she glopped down every morning.
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He inserted the needle, and in about thirty seconds the most disgusting greenish glop started to drop into the bowl.
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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.
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Kylarai studied me as I picked a glop of mascara from one lash.
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Near-synonyms: slap, slop
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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.”
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[…] drinking something. Probably that nasty spinach concoction she glopped down every morning.
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