glop

[glop]
noun Informal.
1.
unappetizing food, especially of a semiliquid consistency.
2.
any messy substance, especially of a semiliquid consistency.
3.
sentimentality; mawkishness.

Origin:
1940–45; expressive word akin to goop, gulp

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gloop or glop (ɡluːp, ɡlɑp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
informal any messy sticky fluid or substance
 
[C20: of uncertain origin]
 
glop or glop
 
n
 
[C20: of uncertain origin]
 
gloopy or glop
 
adj
 
gloppy or glop
 
adj

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Glop is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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glop
1943, imitative of the sound of something viscous and unappetizing hitting a dinner plate.
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glop definition

[glɑp]
  1. n.
    unappetizing food; gunk; anything undesirable. : Do we have the same old glop again tonight?
  2. tv.
    to slop or plop something (onto something). : She glopped something horrible onto my plate.
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Example sentences
So we've got to kind of glop those together into one pattern of thinking.
The resulting glop stayed firm and stretchy whatever the temperature.
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