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🥄 A small amount 😋 A big mouthful
gollop

gollop

9.9
A large mouthful of food or drink taken quickly
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : bocado
  • He finished the milk in one big gollop.

Examples

  • She took a gollop of tea before rushing out the door.

  • After hiking for hours, they each enjoyed a hearty gollop of stew.

  • He took a big gollop of soup.

  • Can I have a gollop of that delicious cake?

  • After hiking for hours, they each enjoyed a hearty gollop of stew.

  • He finished the milk in one big gollop.

  • She took a quick gollop of tea before rushing out the door.

Synonyms

mouthful
vsgollop
59 1.6

An amount of food or drink you can put in your mouth at once

is a large, quickly taken portion rather than a simple fit of oral capacity
munch
vsgollop
48 2.7

A large noisy bite of food you take while chewing

is a large serving taken quickly and greedily rather than a chewing bite
gulp
vsgollop
40 3.1

A quick, large swallow of food or drink

is a large serving eaten quickly and greedily rather than just the quick act
swallow
vsgollop
20 1.0

A small amount of food or drink taken into the throat at once

is a large greedy serving taken quickly not merely the act of moving food down

Antonyms

bite
302 1.0

A small amount of food eaten quickly

How Much

helping
5 1.0
gollop
  • UK
9.9
mouthful
59 1.6
bite
302 1.0

Surface Forms

gollop singular
gollops plural

Etymology

Gollop can also mean a big, greedy mouthful, and a good memory hook is to link it to words like gulp or gobble, which suggest eating quickly. So a gollop in this sense is a large serving or mouthful taken fast.