Gloop

//ɡluːp// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any gooey, viscous substance. countable, informal, uncountable

    "And when it comes to mochi, the Japanese rice dough, much of its appeal can be attributed to a glorious bounce or a gelatinous squish or a comforting kind of gloop."

Verb
  1. 1
    To flow like goo or goop, to move in a slushy way.
  2. 2
    To cover someone in gloop or goo.

Example

More examples

"And when it comes to mochi, the Japanese rice dough, much of its appeal can be attributed to a glorious bounce or a gelatinous squish or a comforting kind of gloop."

Etymology

Onomatopoeic; similar to glop or goop.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.