Definition of goo
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: a viscid or sticky substance
2
: 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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Who wouldn’t want to see Toad get blasted into a puddle of mushroom goo by an alien laser?
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Three 8-week-old kittens came with in with their eyes shut from goo likely caused by upper respiratory infections.
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But just weeks later, a dark goo, believed to be from the insects, again coated the petals of flowers carved into the marble.
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Or been stuck in the same lackluster-hair-goo rut for too long?
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Water erupts from surface fissures as breading and skin shift from molten goo to crispy glass.
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Slime suckers, $2.95 Slime is back, and little plastic slime suckers hold and dispense the goo.
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It was coated in a viscous white goo, and a black shoelace had been knotted around its neck.
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That film's objective narrative starts off fairly simple and understandable: scientists study a vat of goo in a church that may or may not be the son of Satan.
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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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