Definition of goo
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: a viscid or sticky substance
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: sentimental tripe
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Examples of goo in a Sentence
What's this goo all over the stove?
the latest goo from a children's author who knows how to lay it on thick
Recent Examples of goo from the Web
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Even millennial viewers are not too cool for the goo.
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One sprayed a sticky black goo on the naked roadbed.
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Cooked poorly, eggplant can have all the beauty and flavor of a mushy amorphous blob of gray goo.
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The gator chomps down and the melon splits open, spattering blue goo everywhere.
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To get the right consistency, the researchers added a jelly-like goo called alginate and stem cells extracted from donor corneas, along with some ropy proteins called collagen.
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Explore different properties of polymers using super-absorbent powders, squishy orbs, and stretchy goo.
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But the great kitchens, the ones that inspire hour-long drives and dinnertime haiku, tend to labor over their fragrant goo as assiduously as a French baker might over her baguettes.
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What’s more, Laciny says, this lethal yellow goo has a distinct and not unpleasant smell that’s strangely reminiscent of curry.
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Origin and Etymology of goo
perhaps short for burgoo
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First Known Use: 1900
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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