goop

\ ˈgüp

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I stepped in some goop.

Recent Examples on the Web Plastic bottles hurtled down a conveyor belt, where they were filled with scented goop — lavender and grapefruit, coconut-lemon and peppermint — then pushed through a label-maker and into awaiting boxes. — Lizzie Johnson, SFChronicle.com, "Transformed by the coronavirus: San Rafael’s EO Products can’t make enough hand sanitizer," 27 Mar. 2020 Handprints appeared in the sand and then filled up, inexplicably, with black goop. — Adrian Chen, New York Times, "Hideo Kojima’s Strange, Unforgettable Video-Game Worlds," 3 Mar. 2020 These products, below, harness the powers of the golden goop for more than an oatmeal topper. — Popular Science, "Bee-derived products that do more than sweeten your tea," 4 Nov. 2019 In other words, the Jello would never go from liquid goop to a wiggly, semi-solid foodstuff. — Kat Eschner, Popular Science, "These tiny living robots could help science eavesdrop on cellular gossip," 17 Jan. 2020 There’s shampoo, no-poo, conditioner, leave-in conditioner, gel, and countless other goops to try. — Popular Science, "Effective hair products for your everyday routine," 26 Dec. 2019 Gwyneth Paltrow didn’t get goop for her performance in Netflix’s Ryan Murphy dramedy The Politician. — James Hibberd, EW.com, "Golden Globes biggest TV snubs and surprises 2020," 9 Dec. 2019 News outlets around the world publish photographs of beaches mounded over with dead fish and marinas awash in a green, guacamole-like goop. — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, "The Conservation Fight for Florida Water is Finally Seeing Progress," 6 Dec. 2019 The Healing Trip takes goop employees to Jamaica to do mushrooms. — Jennifer Gunter, STAT, "Goop’s pseudoscience ministry comes to Netflix," 17 Jan. 2020

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“Goop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goop. Accessed 9 Apr. 2020.

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