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
Return the plate to the freezer for 4 to 5 minutes, or until the dollop of jam is completely cooled.
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Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 12 May 2026
Another frequent dish at Southern luncheons and showers, cucumber tea sandwiches are fresh, crisp, and accented with a healthy dollop of mayonnaise, of course.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
John of John explores a range of relationships — romantic, religious, erotic, familial — enriched by a dollop of melodrama.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Serve them with a dipping sauce or a dollop of sour cream for an easy appetizer or light meal.
—Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 29 Apr. 2026
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Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 12 May 2026
Another frequent dish at Southern luncheons and showers, cucumber tea sandwiches are fresh, crisp, and accented with a healthy dollop of mayonnaise, of course.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
John of John explores a range of relationships — romantic, religious, erotic, familial — enriched by a dollop of melodrama.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Serve them with a dipping sauce or a dollop of sour cream for an easy appetizer or light meal.
—Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dollop
Noun
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In the Art Institute drawing, a woman savors a chunk of carrot cake while lounging topless amid twenty-one other figures performing semi-aerobic choreography across the wall.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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This being Florida, a chunk of the crowd apparently took that as a cue to launch into a patriotic chant.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Your favorite hockey hunk is a reader, people.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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Navel-gazing cinema about the creative process isn’t usually my bag, but Almodóvar doesn’t take his own misery that seriously, even inserting a manic pixie dream hunk, a male stripper-slash-firefighter played by Patrick Criado, for a little bump and grind.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Bathroom sink drains can become clogged from hair, globs of toothpaste, and soapy residue.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
30 May 2026
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Bieber’s face artfully dotted with globs of lotion.—
Lucy Feldman,
Time,
6 May 2026
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Was there really nothing more standing in her way than a pea-size clump of cells?—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Nearby, a group of men sat cross-legged on the ground in a circle, shielding their eyes from errant flakes as one of them hammered chunks off a large clump of gum.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Tucker’s rapid-fire delivery is punctuated with sound effects, music cues, and the use of a variety of props dangling from his person at all times (including handcuffs, a wad of cash, and two guns).—
Malina Saval,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Not as punishment, but to better know our playing grounds and appreciate the big and small things—like freeing wads of vegetation from an undercarriage—that turn a field into a stage.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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When Bromley instead cast her as Betty Parris, the girl possessed by an evil spirit, as if to punish her for being Christian, a lump persisted in her throat all day.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Other minor risks include scrotum congestion (a sense of discomfort or pressure that usually resolves over time) and sperm granuloma (a non-dangerous lump that the body usually absorbs) and pain, the clinic adds.—
Sara Moniuszko,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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“Dollop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollop. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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