glop

ɡlɑp

Definition

Definition of glop - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

substancegooey substance that is sticky and messy

The kids played with glop in the backyard.

goo

sludge

food

messy or unappetizing food

The cafeteria served some kind of glop for lunch.

mush

slop

art

Rare

excessively sweet and sentimental writing or music

Rare

The novel was filled with glop that made me cringe.

schmaltz

sentimentality

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gooey substance that is sticky and messy

Origin of glop

Imitative, glop (sound of something viscous)

Examples of glop in a sentence

He accidentally spilled glop on the floor.
The stew looked like a bowl of glop.
He refused to eat the glop on his plate.
The movie was just glop, with no real substance.
Her poetry was dismissed as glop by the critics.

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French:substance visqueuse, plat peu appétissant, ...
German:Schleim, unappetitliches Essen, ...
Italian:poltiglia, cibo ripugnante, ...
Spanish:sustancia pegajosa, comida repugnante, ...
Portuguese:gosma, gororoba, ...
Chinese:黏糊糊的东西, 难吃的食物, ...
Japanese:ねばねばした物質, まずい食べ物, ...
Arabic:مادة لزجة, طَعام لَزِج, ...
Hebrew:גּוּשׁ דָּבִיק, עִיסָּה, ...
Russian:липкая масса, невкусная еда, ...
Ukrainian:глей, несмачна їжа, ...
Hindi:चिपचिपा पदार्थ, बेकार खाना, ...
Bengali:আঠালো পদার্থ, অরুচিকর খাবার, ...
Catalan:substància enganxosa, menjar poc apetitós, ...
Czech:břečka, kaše, ...
Danish:klister, uappetitlig mad, ...
Dutch:smurrie, onappetijtelijk eten, ...
Greek:γλίτσα, άνοστο φαγητό, ...
Hungarian:trutyi, maszat, ...
Khmer:សារធាតុស្អិតខាប់, អាហារលាយឡំគួរឱ្យខ្ពើម, ...
Korean:끈적거리는 물질, 맛없는 음식, ...
Persian:ماده چسبناک, غذای ناخوشایند, ...
Polish:maź, niejadalne jedzenie, ...
Portuguese (BR):gosma, gororoba, ...
Romanian:mâzgă, mâncare neapetisantă, ...
Swedish:gegga, sörja, ...
Thai:สารเหนียว, อาหารเลอะเทอะ, ...
Turkish:yapışkan madde, berbat yemek, ...
Vietnamese:chất nhầy, món ăn không ngon, ...

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