dollopn.
/ˈdɒləp/, U.S. /ˈdɑləp/ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > plants collectively > [noun] > tuft, clump, or cluster of plants
hassockc1450
tuft?1523
tusk1530
tush1570
hill1572
dollop1573
clumpa1586
rush1593
trail1597
tussock1607
wreath1610
stool1712
tump1802
sheaf1845
massif1888
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 52 Let dalops about, be mowen & had out.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 55 Of barley the longest, and greenest ye find, Leaue standing by dalops.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 316 Dallops, a term used in some places for Patches or Corners of Grass or Weeds among Corn.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Dallop, rank tufts of growing corn where heaps of manure have lain.
2.
a. colloquial. A large, shapeless mass of something, esp. soft food.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > (a) great quantity or amount
felec825
muchc1230
good wone1297
plentyc1300
bushelc1374
sight1390
mickle-whata1393
forcea1400
manynessa1400
multitudea1400
packc1400
a good dealc1430
greata1450
sackful1484
power1489
horseloadc1500
mile1508
lump1523
a deal?1532
peckc1535
heapa1547
mass1566
mass1569
gallon1575
armful1579
cart-load1587
mickle1599
bushelful1600–12
a load1609
wreck1612
parisha1616
herd1618
fair share1650
heapa1661
muchness1674
reams1681
hantle1693
mort1694
doll?1719
lift1755
acre1759
beaucoup1760
ton1770
boxload1795
boatload1807
lot1811
dollop1819
swag1819
faggald1824
screed1826
Niagara1828
wad1828
lashings1829
butt1831
slew1839
ocean1840
any amount (of)1848
rake1851
slather1857
horde1860
torrent1864
sheaf1865
oodlesa1867
dead load1869
scad1869
stack1870
jorum1872
a heap sight1874
firlot1883
oodlings1886
chunka1889
whips1888
God's quantity1895
streetful1901
bag1917
fid1920
fleetful1923
mob1927
bucketload1930
pisspot1944
shitload1954
megaton1957
mob-o-ton1975
gazillion1978
buttload1988
shit ton1991
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 167 A dollop is a large quantity of any thing; the whole dollop means the total quantity.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Dallop..a clumsy and shapeless lump of any thing tumbled about in the hands.
1853 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 8 65/2 ‘What a dollop of fat you have given me!’
1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley II. xviii. 312 I sent a great dollop of water into the face of the poor lieutenant.
b. An untidy woman, a slattern, trollop. dialect.
ΚΠ
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830)
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
dollopv.
/ˈdɒləp/, U.S. /ˈdɑləp/ colloquial and dialect.
transitive. To serve, put or give out in dollops; to cover (something) with a dollop. Also figurative. (See also quots. a1825 and 1860.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > in large quantities
to shovel out1858
dollop1860
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Dallop, to paw, toss, and tumble about carelessly.
1860 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2) 130 Dollop, to dole up, give up a share.
1960 R. Daniel Death by Drowning i. 17 Clare dolloped a spoonful of trifle on her plate.
1961 W. Buchan Helen All Alone 168 Close-grown shrubs, all dark and dolloped with snow.
1967 Listener 28 Sept. 401/2 Is there either anthropological or literary virtue in mere transcription from tape, actuality dolloped out hot from a machine?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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