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This sticky, tar-like goop is basically what's left over when all the higher-grade fuels have been distilled or cracked out of petroleum oil.—New Atlas, 21 June 2025 Lowly Department of Alien Affairs official Wikus van de Merwe (Sharlto Copley) is, like most humans, suspicious of the alien visitors, but forms an unlikely friendship with District 9 resident Christopher Johnson (Jason Cope) after he's infected by some alien goop.—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 3 June 2025 The recording is the result of his latest collaboration with the noisy duo Wolf Eyes, known for stunning blasts of electronic goop.—Bret Saunders, Denver Post, 1 June 2025 In an era of horror mired in pathos and trauma metaphors, there’s a refreshing simplicity to movies that are just about finding new ways to turn people into goop.—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for goop
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