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单词 glop
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Definition of glop in English:

glop

nounPlural glops ɡlɒpɡlɑp
mass nounNorth American informal
  • 1Sticky and amorphous matter, typically something unpleasant.

    〈非正式,主北美〉(多指令人讨厌的)糊状物质,黏糊糊的东西

    a cup of vile green glop
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tommy was looking for glop, or slime, or something disgusting that makes a huge mess, and his mother seemed fine with that.
    • The sun reflected off the snow will burn through even thick layers of glop.
    • The fat lunch lady behind the counter grunted as she shoveled some glop onto their plates.
    • I think I scraped it all outta my hair, and I got the grotesque green glop off my chin.
    • The blue glop that they like to call food had just arrived, and everyone was scrambling to get a serving for some strange reason.
    • White went to the buffet counter and served himself some of the grey glop in one of the vats.
    • Tara takes another look at the glop, shakes her head fondly, and turns off the heat
    • Suppressing many other urges, the wounded captain actually took hold of the shot glass in front of her, gazing down at the glop inside.
    • People know the difference between cotton and silk; between institutional glop and gourmet meals.
    • Finally, he was satisfied with his work and pulled his hand gently out, coated in green glop and various internal juices.
    • We all took a bite and no one wanted to say how awful the glop had turned out.
    • I had been holding onto the counter but hadn't seen the big glop of chocolate sauce.
    • This glop went into a Pyrex dish and into the oven and appeared in tandem with holidays and caskets.
    • I have more hair glop in my hair then I am sure she has used in her life time, just to give my hair the natural up do look, with my long ringlets spilling down my back.
    • The dinner glop that served as stew brought him a bit lower, but his day was highlighted when he found a letter on his bunk that evening.
    • All three versions combine the joy of dry, splintery pastry with the joy of chewy, indigestible glop.
    • An unforeseen and ill-timed coughing incident means a huge great glop of red wine leaves your glass and lands on the sofa cushions.
    • I stabbed at my plate of cafeteria glop unenthusiastically.
    Synonyms
    mud, muck, mire, ooze, silt, alluvium, dirt, slime, slush, slurry
    1. 1.1count noun A soft, shapeless lump of something.
      (东西)不成形的软团
      a glop of creamy dressing

      一团奶油调料。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Leon looked down at the table and took a big glop of his drink.
      • It helped to keep a paper towel under their hand so it wouldn't smudge where their hand rested, and to clean up any glops of pastel that stayed on the drawing.
      • I pull myself out the seat and push the door open, making a face; the rain turned from huge glops to smaller, heaving it down worse than ever.
      • It starts off as a malleable glop, neither too stiff nor too liquid, which can be shaped in a mold, where it hardens.
      • He broke the surface up into a diagonal grid that he then filled with values of gray, black and white, using large glops of paint.
      • I think a bigger factor in high salaries is what I call the Corruption Principle: those in charge of a large glop of wealth are going to take a chunk of it one way or another.
      • My favorite part is the glops of caramel you suck up in the straw.
      • He began to coat my head with it, smushing it on in huge glops.
      • Glancing around as though someone were watching, I pulled a small jar of peanut butter from the back of a cupboard, and a spoon, taking a large glop of the stuff and stuffing it into my mouth.
      • It's okay to be messy - glops of glue only make it more realistic.
      • Having many more glutamines makes the binding stronger, and the cell's cytoplasm is afflicted with a gluey glop that leads to accumulating cell damage.
      • It only absorbs so much, and a minimum of drips will prevent random glops of dye all over the hair.
      • This prevents you from dumping a large glop of seasoning on the food.
      • It's easy to make a mess of zabaglione and turn it into a heavy glop, but this was as light as a feather - and perfect.
    2. 1.2 Worthless writing, music, or other material.
      commercialized glop, not worth thinking about
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's melodic, but even on a deep, meditative level, I feel this song is more glop than substance.
      • Generally, the worst thing you can say about a movie like this is that it's cloying sentimental glop.
      • Who had to read that soporific glop in high school?
verbglopped, glops, glopping ɡlɒp
North American informal
  • with object and adverbial of direction Transfer (a sloppy or sticky substance) to a container.

    glop 2 gallons of premixed compound into a bucket
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I let the stuff glop into the pail I was given to store it in until I came down the ladder to put it in the wheelbarrow.
    • He quickly pointed to an orange and white mush and the nearest cook spooned it out of the tub and glopped it into one of the tray's depressions.

Derivatives

  • gloppy

  • adjectivegloppiest, gloppier
    North American informal
    • It's neither comedy nor tragedy - just a big, gloppy mess.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The texture is very strange - gloppy, gooey, glutinous, and not that easy to manage with chopsticks.
      • Now, this is not macaroni and cheese, which is noodles in a wet, gloppy sauce.
      • It turns gloppy and pasty once it sits in the pot after being taken off the heat.
      • We make a New England clam chowder that is not that gloppy, thick, potato-infested thing we're all used to.

Origin

1940s: symbolic (see gloop).

Rhymes

atop, bop, chop, clop, cop, crop, dop, drop, Dunlop, estop, flop, fop, hop, intercrop, knop, kop, lop, mop, op, plop, pop, prop, screw-top, shop, slop, sop, stop, strop, swap, tiptop, top, underprop, whop

Definition of glop in US English:

glop

nounɡläpɡlɑp
  • 1A sticky and amorphous substance, typically something unpleasant.

    〈非正式,主北美〉(多指令人讨厌的)糊状物质,黏糊糊的东西

    the snow was sun-softened glop

    雪经太阳一晒就变软成糊状了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An unforeseen and ill-timed coughing incident means a huge great glop of red wine leaves your glass and lands on the sofa cushions.
    • I think I scraped it all outta my hair, and I got the grotesque green glop off my chin.
    • Tara takes another look at the glop, shakes her head fondly, and turns off the heat
    • This glop went into a Pyrex dish and into the oven and appeared in tandem with holidays and caskets.
    • The blue glop that they like to call food had just arrived, and everyone was scrambling to get a serving for some strange reason.
    • White went to the buffet counter and served himself some of the grey glop in one of the vats.
    • The dinner glop that served as stew brought him a bit lower, but his day was highlighted when he found a letter on his bunk that evening.
    • We all took a bite and no one wanted to say how awful the glop had turned out.
    • Finally, he was satisfied with his work and pulled his hand gently out, coated in green glop and various internal juices.
    • All three versions combine the joy of dry, splintery pastry with the joy of chewy, indigestible glop.
    • I have more hair glop in my hair then I am sure she has used in her life time, just to give my hair the natural up do look, with my long ringlets spilling down my back.
    • People know the difference between cotton and silk; between institutional glop and gourmet meals.
    • The sun reflected off the snow will burn through even thick layers of glop.
    • Suppressing many other urges, the wounded captain actually took hold of the shot glass in front of her, gazing down at the glop inside.
    • I had been holding onto the counter but hadn't seen the big glop of chocolate sauce.
    • Tommy was looking for glop, or slime, or something disgusting that makes a huge mess, and his mother seemed fine with that.
    • I stabbed at my plate of cafeteria glop unenthusiastically.
    • The fat lunch lady behind the counter grunted as she shoveled some glop onto their plates.
    Synonyms
    mud, muck, mire, ooze, silt, alluvium, dirt, slime, slush, slurry
    1. 1.1 A soft, shapeless lump of something.
      (东西)不成形的软团
      a glop of creamy dressing

      一团奶油调料。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He broke the surface up into a diagonal grid that he then filled with values of gray, black and white, using large glops of paint.
      • Leon looked down at the table and took a big glop of his drink.
      • He began to coat my head with it, smushing it on in huge glops.
      • Having many more glutamines makes the binding stronger, and the cell's cytoplasm is afflicted with a gluey glop that leads to accumulating cell damage.
      • It starts off as a malleable glop, neither too stiff nor too liquid, which can be shaped in a mold, where it hardens.
      • It only absorbs so much, and a minimum of drips will prevent random glops of dye all over the hair.
      • This prevents you from dumping a large glop of seasoning on the food.
      • Glancing around as though someone were watching, I pulled a small jar of peanut butter from the back of a cupboard, and a spoon, taking a large glop of the stuff and stuffing it into my mouth.
      • My favorite part is the glops of caramel you suck up in the straw.
      • It's okay to be messy - glops of glue only make it more realistic.
      • It helped to keep a paper towel under their hand so it wouldn't smudge where their hand rested, and to clean up any glops of pastel that stayed on the drawing.
      • I pull myself out the seat and push the door open, making a face; the rain turned from huge glops to smaller, heaving it down worse than ever.
      • I think a bigger factor in high salaries is what I call the Corruption Principle: those in charge of a large glop of wealth are going to take a chunk of it one way or another.
      • It's easy to make a mess of zabaglione and turn it into a heavy glop, but this was as light as a feather - and perfect.
    2. 1.2 Worthless or overly sentimental writing, music, or other material.
      commercialized glop, not worth thinking about
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's melodic, but even on a deep, meditative level, I feel this song is more glop than substance.
      • Generally, the worst thing you can say about a movie like this is that it's cloying sentimental glop.
      • Who had to read that soporific glop in high school?

Origin

1940s: symbolic (see gloop).

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