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dollop

[ dol-uhp ]

noun

  1. a lump or blob of some substance:

    dollops of mud.

  2. a small quantity:

    Add a dollop of soda water to the mixture.



verb (used with object)

  1. to dispense in dollops:

    to dollop whipped cream over the cake.

dollop

/ ˈdɒləp /

noun

  1. a semisolid lump
  2. a large serving, esp of food


verb

  1. trfoll byout to serve out (food)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dollop1

1565–75; compare Icelandic dōlpur fat man, Norwegian (dial.) dolp lump

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dollop1

C16: of unknown origin

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Example Sentences

Yet here we are, dispensing another dollop of inhumanity to some of the most troubled and despised people in America.

Dessert is a slice of melt-in-your-mouth treacle tart with a dollop of perfectly tart clotted cream.

And, of course, the whole shebang can be topped with a dollop of hot cheese.

Afterwards, back in the locker room, Gregg Allman morosely doles himself out another dollop of coke.

He embraced it, like the nickname “Killer,” and he fed the rage with drugs as required: Every audience demanded its dollop.

Spike this succulent Sea Rabbit with horseradish or a dollop of sherry, for a change.

Crowley grinned at him, poured coffee and then a dollop of Napoleon brandy into it.

And many such like things she did, though never did they fetch such a dollop of money again.

Then the bows lifted to the first swell, and a dollop of spray flew over them, and rattled against the bridge-screens.

A certain weight of jute, termed a “dollop,” is laid upon the feed cloth for each revolution of the latter.

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