as in chunk
a small uneven mass
served crackers topped with dollops of caviar as an appetizer
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Recent Examples of dollop
For additional heat, add a few slices of pickled jalapeno; to tone it down a notch, add a dollop of sour cream.
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Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 7 May 2025
Cuban composer Tania León added dollops of exciting modernism.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
For the face, a nickel-sized dollop is recommended.
—Holly Carter, People.com, 9 June 2025
For ages 3-6—after which kids can typically rinse with water and spit out the paste—a slightly larger pea-sized dollop suffices.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 14 May 2025
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Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 7 May 2025
Cuban composer Tania León added dollops of exciting modernism.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
For the face, a nickel-sized dollop is recommended.
—Holly Carter, People.com, 9 June 2025
For ages 3-6—after which kids can typically rinse with water and spit out the paste—a slightly larger pea-sized dollop suffices.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dollop
Noun
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Still, office space is the largest chunk of cash net operating income (NOI), at just over half.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Spending large chunks of time sitting on a train or stuck in traffic is not conducive to good work-life balance.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Nathan Fillion straddles the line between everyman and hunk — and he’s built a career out of it.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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In our culture there’s little more demonstrative action of a parent’s lack of control than having their child drive away in a 4,000-pound hunk of metal on their own.—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Then Domokos and the chief engineer of the model spotted a glob of stray glue clinging to one of its vertices.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
25 June 2025
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There were globs of stuff coming out of me, like sheets of it.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This smooths out the distribution of axions within galaxies, preventing the formation of smaller clumps and ultra-dense cores.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2025
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Because smaller clumps of dark matter cause less extreme warping, this sensitivity will allow researchers to detect and characterize smaller, less massive dark matter structures.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
17 June 2025
Noun
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He was being held on a $100,000 bond and wad scheduled to appear at Rockville Superior Court on Friday.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
7 June 2025
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His lab, the Kaplan Lab, is strewn with the substance, stacked with cases of silk cocoons and wads of silk from around the world, all awaiting their transformation into new forms.—
Amy Paturel,
Discover Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The grill has a large hopper, which Masterbuilt claims holds up to 12 hours’ worth of lump charcoal, and feeds the heat to the cook chamber via a fan.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
3 July 2025
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Stay away from any watermelons that are shiny, unevenly shaped, or have visible damage, including bruises, cuts, soft spots, bulges, or lumps.—
Brittany Poulson,
Verywell Health,
2 July 2025
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“Dollop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollop. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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