glop

noun

ˈgläp How to pronounce glop (audio)
Synonyms of glopnext
1
: a thick semiliquid substance (such as food) that is usually unattractive in appearance
2
: tasteless or worthless material
gloppy
ˈglä-pē How to pronounce glop (audio)
adjective

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Examples of glop in a Sentence

I remember the glop they used to feed us for school lunch. the restaurant served glop that brought back unpleasant memories of my high school cafeteria
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Suddenly the glops and drips look sonic, like musical bursts and pings. — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025 His breakthrough short movie-sculpture-painting, Men Getting Sick (1960), involved casting his own head in plaster, and applying more of the glop to the screen. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019

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First Known Use

circa 1944, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of glop was circa 1944

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“Glop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glop. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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