goop

noun

: goo, gunk
goopy adjective

Examples of goop in a Sentence

I stepped in some goop.
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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 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 Wonka’s Oompa Loompas stretch him back out on a taffy puller, and sing of how television turns the brain into goop. Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for goop

Word History

Etymology

probably alteration of goo

First Known Use

circa 1918, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of goop was circa 1918

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“Goop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goop. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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