goo

Plural: goos

Noun

• A sticky, soft, or viscous substance.
• any thick, viscous matter
• Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.
• Excessive, showy sentimentality.
• A noise made by a baby trying to imitate speech.

Verb

• To apply goo to something.
• To produce baby talk.
• Elongated form of go.
• Pronunciation spelling of go.

Examples

• I stepped in some goo and had a terrible time getting the sticky stuff off my shoes.
• The baby gooed while daddy made sappy faces at it.
• The infant's goos and gahs were endearing.
• The letters felt like GOO, sticking together in unplayable combinations.
• They gooed their hair with some fragrant styling product.

Synonyms

gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge, gleet, gloop, glop, goo, gum, gunge, ick, mawkishness, paste, saccharinity, slop, sugariness

Related Words

ga-ga, gaga, goo goo ga ga, goo-goo, moo goo gai pan