sticky goop
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5.4
- noun
- Informal
:
sustancia pegajosa
- There was sticky goop all over the kitchen floor after the experiment.
Oh, whoa, that'd be some sticky, sticky goop.
- Oh, whoa, that'd be some sticky, sticky goop.
Examples
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The children got sticky goop on their fingers from the arts and crafts project.
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The sticky goop on the floor made it hard to walk.
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She tried to wash the sticky goop out of her hair but it took several rinses.
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I accidentally spilled some sticky goop on my shirt.
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The children got their hands covered in sticky goop while making their craft project.
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She tried to clean the table, but the sticky goop wouldn't come off easily.
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After eating the candy, there was sticky goop all over his fingers.
Synonyms
214
1.0
A sticky substance used to join things together
59
3.0
A thick sticky substance that is soft and wet
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3.6
A sticky substance used to join two things together
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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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7.7
A thick sticky substance that is hard to remove
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3.4
A sticky substance like glue that holds two surfaces together
A sticky, unpleasant substance that stays on a surface after use
A sticky, greasy film that stays on a surface after something melts or someone puts it on
A sticky, dirty substance
A thing used to make two surfaces stick together, like glue or tape
How Sticky
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase's meaning is a direct, literal combination of 'sticky' (adjective meaning adhesive) and 'goop' (a viscous, messy substance); there is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift. This straightforward adjective + noun composition is cross-linguistically common and easily derivable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Sticky goop gives a simple image: goop sounds like a soft, wet blob and sticky shows it clings to hands and things. So it is used to mean 'a thick, sticky substance that is often messy and sticks to surfaces'.