Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goopy

/ˈɡuːpi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: goopy
IPA: /ˈɡuːpi/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the consistency of goop.

Informal

adj

Saccharine; sentimental.

Informal

Example Sentences

"The flask had something goopy in it."
"A hard November wind is spattering goopy sleet against the broad windows all around the hall."
"[…]and how they all seem like limp smug moronic self-satisfied shit-eating pricks with their lobotomized smiles and goopy sentiment and how he wishes them all violent technicolor harm in the worst way,[…]"
"“She’d had some goopy notion of self-sacrifice, or maybe it was self-punishment, of making amends.”"

Etymology

Etymology tree English goop Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English goopy From goop + -y.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

goopier (comparative) goopiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

goopily goopiness

Rhymes With

snoopy loopy groupie poopy droopy soupy whoopee cupe gloopy spoopy hoopy croupy

Questions

How do you pronounce goopy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡuːpi/.
What does goopy mean?: Having the consistency of goop.
Where does goopy come from?: Etymology tree English goop Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English goopy From goop + -y.

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