Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glop

/ɡlɒp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: glop
IPA: /ɡlɒp/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stare in amazement.

Archaic

noun

Any gooey substance.

Informal; Uncountable

noun

A gooey blob of some substance.

Countable; Informal

verb

To apply (a liquid) thickly and messily.

Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To swallow greedily.

Archaic; Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"He inserted the needle, and in about thirty seconds the most disgusting greenish glop started to drop into the bowl."
"1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Got out a jack knife & scraped glops of wax off the floor."
"Kylarai studied me as I picked a glop of mascara from one lash."
"Near-synonyms: slap, slop"
"He unscrewed the top from the pot, dipped the stick in, and clumsily glopped the white mess onto the handbill Minnie was holding. “You are an untidy paster.”"
"[…] drinking something. Probably that nasty spinach concoction she glopped down every morning."

Etymology

Variation of glope.

Usage

Inflected Forms

glops (present, singular) glopping (participle, present) glopped (participle, past) glopped (past) glops (plural)

Derived Forms

gloppy

Phrases

hoppy glop

Frequently Paired Words

slop

Synonyms

gloop goop glob slap slop gulp treacle mush

Rhymes With

top stop non-stop drop shop pop op hop cop crop swap chop

Questions

How do you pronounce glop?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡlɒp/.
What does glop mean?: To stare in amazement.
Where does glop come from?: Variation of glope.

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