"glop" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡlɒp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glop.wav [Southern-England] Forms: glops [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒp Etymology: 1940-45, of expressive origin. Compare goop, gulp. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=expressive}} expressive, {{l|en|goop}} goop, {{l|en|gulp}} gulp Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} glop (countable and uncountable, plural glops)
  1. (informal, uncountable) Any gooey substance. Tags: informal, uncountable Translations (Translations): paćka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-glop-en-noun-kBm28SzW Disambiguation of 'Translations': 88 12
  2. (informal, countable) A gooey blob of some substance. Tags: countable, informal
    Sense id: en-glop-en-noun-RMbTzieL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gloppy
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ɡlɒp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glop.wav [Southern-England] Forms: glops [present, singular, third-person], glopping [participle, present], glopped [participle, past], glopped [past]
Rhymes: -ɒp Etymology: Variation of glope. Etymology templates: {{m|en|glope}} glope Head templates: {{en-verb}} glop (third-person singular simple present glops, present participle glopping, simple past and past participle glopped)
  1. (dialectal or archaic) To stare in amazement. Tags: archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-glop-en-verb-CeSxmFgL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɡlɒp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glop.wav [Southern-England] Forms: glops [present, singular, third-person], glopping [participle, present], glopped [participle, past], glopped [past]
Rhymes: -ɒp Etymology: 1940-45, of expressive origin. Compare goop, gulp. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=expressive}} expressive, {{l|en|goop}} goop, {{l|en|gulp}} gulp Head templates: {{en-verb}} glop (third-person singular simple present glops, present participle glopping, simple past and past participle glopped)
  1. (transitive, informal) To apply (a liquid) thickly and messily. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-glop-en-verb-Z6cW3C1u
  2. (transitive, archaic) To swallow greedily. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-glop-en-verb-JDtZa-Jc Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 8 20 19 29 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 20 6 25 17 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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