Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goo

/ɡuː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: goo
IPA: /ɡuː/

4

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.

Informal; Uncountable

noun

Excessive, showy sentimentality.

Uncountable

verb

To apply goo to something.

Transitive verb

noun

A noise made by a baby trying to imitate speech.

verb

To produce baby talk.

Intransitive verb

verb

Elongated form of go.

verb

Pronunciation spelling of go.

name

A surname from Korean.

Example Sentences

"I stepped in some goo and had a terrible time getting the sticky stuff off my shoes."
"[…] To be really human is probably to be unavoidably sentimental and naive and goo-prone and generally pathetic, is to be in some basic interior way forever infantile, some sort of not-quite-right-looking infant dragging itself anaclitically around the map, with big wet eyes and froggy-soft skin, huge skull, gooey drool."
"They gooed their hair with some fragrant styling product."
"The infant's goos and gahs were endearing."
"The baby gooed while daddy made sappy faces at it."
"The baby gooed but didn't let go; instead he decided he would taste it. Lou quickly tried to get the baby to release his trophy but to no avail."

Etymology

Etymology tree English burgood Proto-Germanic *bermô? Proto-West Germanic *bermō Old English beormader. Welsh burym Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulisder. Latin caulisbor. Proto-Brythonic *kawl Middle Welsh cawl Welsh cawl ? Persian برغولder. Persian پرغولder. Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul)der.? Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus Proto-Italic *gustus Latin gustus Middle French goûtder. Middle French ragoûterder. French ragoûtbor. English ragout? English burgoo? Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Late Latin glūs Old French glubor. Middle English glew English glue? English goo American English, attested since 1903, possibly from burgoo (“thick porridge”); alternatively, an alteration of glue.

Origin

Source language: Korean

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Inflected Forms

goos (plural) goos (present, singular) gooing (participle, present) gooed (participle, past) gooed (past)

Derived Forms

gooey gooeyness goolike guck

Phrases

goo to you by way of the zoo girl goo goo ball goo-gob grey goo man goo sprue goo ga-ga

Frequently Paired Words

gaga ga-ga goo-goo goo goo ga ga moo goo gai pan Koo Ku

Synonyms

gloop goop gunge gunk mawkishness saccharinity sugariness gleet glop goo gook gum

Homonyms

ghu

Rhymes With

to you do who to-do new two too through few true due

Questions

How do you pronounce goo?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡuː/.
What does goo mean?: Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.
Where does goo come from?: It is traced to Korean.

How to pronounce goo

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