gook
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7.7
- noun
- /ɡʊk/
- US
- And you know, after this was going for a fairly short time period, he started noticing brown gook accumulating on the sides of his beakers.
- covered with gook
Examples
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And I'm telling you, we clean his ears out and the gook just keeps coming.
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Why don't we go and get some of that good gook food?
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This gook is the best.
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You know how that feels when you have to reach down there into that gook... and put your hand around?
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The candy sat in a puddle of gook that dripped from the table.
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The old car was covered in a sticky gook that made it hard to open the doors.
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After the storm, the streets were filled with a thick gook of mud and debris.
Synonyms
71
1.8
A thick slippery substance that feels wet and sticky
47
3.0
A thick sticky substance that is soft and wet
44
3.7
A wet dirty substance like mud or animal waste
27
4.8
A thick, wet, muddy substance that comes from dirty water
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4.0
A thick sticky liquid that is soft and wet
15
4.6
Thick sticky stuff that is dirty or unpleasant
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7.5
A thick sticky substance that is often messy
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9.0
A sticky, shapeless lump of wet, unpleasant material
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5.4
A thick glue-like substance that clings to things and makes a mess
1
9.5
A thick sticky substance that looks dirty and unpleasant
A soft sticky substance that feels unpleasant
Antonyms
How Sticky
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gook for a sticky mess probably comes from the simple word goo, with a hard -k sound added so you can imagine extra-sticky 'goo' that stays on your hands. That's why gook means a thick, sticky substance.