gloop

Thick sticky substance

Gloop is thick, sticky, viscous stuff—the kind that oozes, drips, or plops rather than pours cleanly.

The word is onomatopoeic, suggesting the sound such substances make: The gloop oozed out of the container.

It often describes unappetizing or unidentifiable matter: What is this gloop?

The verb means to pour or move in a thick, gloopy way.

texture

sticky

Apt to adhere

gelatinous · syrupy · glutinous · unctuous · mucilaginous · tacky · adhesive · claggy · treacly · ropy

substance

slime

Thick wet gunk

  • sludgeSemi-solid waste material
  • oozeSeep gradually out
  • gunkViscous unpleasant substance

mucus · goo · phlegm · residue · jelly · gelatin · paste · muck · film · grime

sound

splatter

Scatter in drops

  • plopSoft dropping sound
  • squelchForcibly silence or suppress
  • gurgleBubbling liquid sound

glug · splosh · slosh · squish · bloop · burble · slurp · drip · splash · oozing

playful

silly

Frivolous or absurd

splat · blob · squidgy · wobbly · jiggly · squishy · gross · yucky · icky · fun

slimy

slick

Smooth or craftily adept

  • slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
  • snailShelled, slow-moving mollusk
  • eelElongated scaleless fish

jellyfish · slug · frog · algae · seaweed · octopus · mucus · snot · saliva · lubricious

Categories
Opposites
consistency/texture

gloopsolid

Firm matter state

rock · stone · crystal · metal · concrete

precision/form

gloopstructure

Arrangement of interconnected parts

form · crystal · lattice · geometry · precision

Family

gloopy, glooped, gloops, gloopiness

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G