gloopint.n.

Brit.

/ɡluːp/, U.S.

/ɡlup/

Forms: 1800s– gloop, 1900s– gloup.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Of imitative origin. Compare plop int. With sense B. 2 perhaps compare soup n., slop n.², goo n.

A. int.

Representing a hollow, gulping noise, as of the movement or rippling of a liquid or viscous substance. (Also reduplicated).

ΚΠ

1899 N. Munro Gilian the Dreamer xvi. 193 I struck low in the soft spaces. ‘Gloop,’ said the knife, and Death was twisting at my feet.

1909 ‘W. Standish’ Jack Lorimer's Substitute xxv. 195 And then—gurgle, gurgle, whoosh, gloop, gloop—down came some ‘nectar’ that Smith would never have asked for.

1923 Evening News (Sydney) 4 Sept. 6/4 (caption) ‘A Goo! Goo! Goo—’ Gloop! ‘Say, Jess! Where's my other dress shirt?’

1972 S. O. Hughes Tight Lines & Dragonflies viii. 95 The water flowed around the reeds to make a fluid figure eight, and he was in the middle of the eight, going ‘Gloop-gloop’ on the surface, or sticking his tail in the air when feeding off the bottom.

2013 L. Campbell Viennese Yarns 400 In the still water leaves floated and a lone fish or someone went ‘gloop’ just once.

B. n.

1. A hollow, gulping noise, as of something falling into or emerging from water or mud.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > gulping or slurping

poopc1580

gloop1913

slurp1949

slup1952

slurping1960

1913 D. Conyers Sandy Married xiv. 281 Strong hands were extracting Hildebrand from the mud, which released him with a reluctant ‘gloop.’

1935 M. M. Atwater Murder in Midsummer iv. 42 Someone dropped a stone that fell into the water with a loud ‘gloop’.

1962 Toike Oike (Univ. Toronto) 15 Mar. 5/4 Danish shot travelled a mere ten feet from each cannon barrel..and landed with a sticky gloop well in front of the onrushing Germans.

2001 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 15 Apr. 85 A bubble of air builds up and then escapes to the surface with a loud 'gloop' very different from your usual polite garden pond.

a. A glutinous or viscous substance; a lump or blob of this type of substance.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [noun] > viscous substance

paste1390

gummosityc1400

gleimc1440

glaira1529

viscosity1540

plaster1588

emplastic1597

batter1601

starcha1627

mucilage1639

viscus1643

grume1718

syrup1838

sticky1851

goo1903

gloop1927

goop1930

glop1945

ick1947

gunge1969

1927 Punch 24 Aug. 200/3 There it was mixed by revolving spindles, or ‘pugs’, into a smooth viscous paste, which was technically known as the ‘gloop’.

1953 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 5 July 9/2 Celebrities get themselves all costumed and gummed up and the panel guesses who. With that gloop they all look the same. So why bother with a celebrity?

1956 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 30 Apr. 14/2 (caption) My friend's recipe calls for six gloops of cane sugar.

1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 Apr. 26 She eschews honey as adhesive, instead concocting her own gloop from sugar, orange blossom water and lemon juice.

1999 Time Out Lisbon 163/1 There is a huge selection of cakes, pastries, meringues and sweets, but be warned: the specials usually involve great gloops of whipped cream.

2011 S. Brahmachari Artichoke Hearts 236 The time when you fell into the gloop by the pond, and me and Nana had to hose you down.

b. figurative. Writing, music, etc., characterized by cloying sentiment or clumsy execution; (hence) excessive sentiment. Cf. gloopy adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun]

sentiment1747

sentimentality1770

mawkishness1796

sensiblerie1815

sentimentalism1818

sloppiness1828

morbidezza1833

milk-and-wateriness1834

maudlin1838

soothing syrup1839

emotionalism1846

stickiness1864

slop1866

mushiness1868

saccharinity1868

sympatheticism1884

hearts and flowers1911

lovey-doveyness1923

schmaltz1934

goop1950

goo1951

schmaltziness1953

gloop1957

cheesiness1963

soupiness1963

soft-centredness1967

soppiness1974

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > sentimentality > sentimental speech or writing

gush1866

rose pink1872

sob-stuff1918

gloop1957

1957 J. D. MacDonald Man of Affairs iii. 45 I wrote a novel. But it was stinky. And then I sold some nauseating gloop to the love magazines, and then I packed up, I did, and I went to New York.

1987 Guardian 1 June 18/6 Too many husbands, too many brawls..and a daunting trail of medical problems have stripped any excess gloop from these songs, which are steel-shod beneath their easy-listening country surface.

2016 A. Harper Waiting for Buddy Guy v. 76 These pieces contained some good anecdotes, much useful information, and a lot of sentimental gloop that would never have made it past the sub's desk in a British editorial office.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gloop
释义	gloopint.n. Brit. /ɡluːp/, U.S. /ɡlup/ Forms: 1800s– gloop, 1900s– gloup. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Of imitative origin. Compare plop int. With sense B. 2 perhaps compare soup n., slop n.², goo n. A. int. Representing a hollow, gulping noise, as of the movement or rippling of a liquid or viscous substance. (Also reduplicated). ΚΠ 1899 N. Munro Gilian the Dreamer xvi. 193 I struck low in the soft spaces. ‘Gloop,’ said the knife, and Death was twisting at my feet. 1909 ‘W. Standish’ Jack Lorimer's Substitute xxv. 195 And then—gurgle, gurgle, whoosh, gloop, gloop—down came some ‘nectar’ that Smith would never have asked for. 1923 Evening News (Sydney) 4 Sept. 6/4 (caption) ‘A Goo! Goo! Goo—’ Gloop! ‘Say, Jess! Where's my other dress shirt?’ 1972 S. O. Hughes Tight Lines & Dragonflies viii. 95 The water flowed around the reeds to make a fluid figure eight, and he was in the middle of the eight, going ‘Gloop-gloop’ on the surface, or sticking his tail in the air when feeding off the bottom. 2013 L. Campbell Viennese Yarns 400 In the still water leaves floated and a lone fish or someone went ‘gloop’ just once. B. n. 1. A hollow, gulping noise, as of something falling into or emerging from water or mud. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > gulping or slurping poopc1580 gloop1913 slurp1949 slup1952 slurping1960 1913 D. Conyers Sandy Married xiv. 281 Strong hands were extracting Hildebrand from the mud, which released him with a reluctant ‘gloop.’ 1935 M. M. Atwater Murder in Midsummer iv. 42 Someone dropped a stone that fell into the water with a loud ‘gloop’. 1962 Toike Oike (Univ. Toronto) 15 Mar. 5/4 Danish shot travelled a mere ten feet from each cannon barrel..and landed with a sticky gloop well in front of the onrushing Germans. 2001 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 15 Apr. 85 A bubble of air builds up and then escapes to the surface with a loud 'gloop' very different from your usual polite garden pond. 2. a. A glutinous or viscous substance; a lump or blob of this type of substance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [noun] > viscous substance paste1390 gummosityc1400 gleimc1440 glaira1529 viscosity1540 plaster1588 emplastic1597 batter1601 starcha1627 mucilage1639 viscus1643 grume1718 syrup1838 sticky1851 goo1903 gloop1927 goop1930 glop1945 ick1947 gunge1969 1927 Punch 24 Aug. 200/3 There it was mixed by revolving spindles, or ‘pugs’, into a smooth viscous paste, which was technically known as the ‘gloop’. 1953 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 5 July 9/2 Celebrities get themselves all costumed and gummed up and the panel guesses who. With that gloop they all look the same. So why bother with a celebrity? 1956 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 30 Apr. 14/2 (caption) My friend's recipe calls for six gloops of cane sugar. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 Apr. 26 She eschews honey as adhesive, instead concocting her own gloop from sugar, orange blossom water and lemon juice. 1999 Time Out Lisbon 163/1 There is a huge selection of cakes, pastries, meringues and sweets, but be warned: the specials usually involve great gloops of whipped cream. 2011 S. Brahmachari Artichoke Hearts 236 The time when you fell into the gloop by the pond, and me and Nana had to hose you down. b. figurative. Writing, music, etc., characterized by cloying sentiment or clumsy execution; (hence) excessive sentiment. Cf. gloopy adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] sentiment1747 sentimentality1770 mawkishness1796 sensiblerie1815 sentimentalism1818 sloppiness1828 morbidezza1833 milk-and-wateriness1834 maudlin1838 soothing syrup1839 emotionalism1846 stickiness1864 slop1866 mushiness1868 saccharinity1868 sympatheticism1884 hearts and flowers1911 lovey-doveyness1923 schmaltz1934 goop1950 goo1951 schmaltziness1953 gloop1957 cheesiness1963 soupiness1963 soft-centredness1967 soppiness1974 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > sentimentality > sentimental speech or writing gush1866 rose pink1872 sob-stuff1918 gloop1957 1957 J. D. MacDonald Man of Affairs iii. 45 I wrote a novel. But it was stinky. And then I sold some nauseating gloop to the love magazines, and then I packed up, I did, and I went to New York. 1987 Guardian 1 June 18/6 Too many husbands, too many brawls..and a daunting trail of medical problems have stripped any excess gloop from these songs, which are steel-shod beneath their easy-listening country surface. 2016 A. Harper Waiting for Buddy Guy v. 76 These pieces contained some good anecdotes, much useful information, and a lot of sentimental gloop that would never have made it past the sub's desk in a British editorial office. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.1899
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