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   gloop

   /ɡlo͞op/

   noun

   • 1. sloppy or sticky semi-fluid matter, typically something unpleasant: informal British "the chicken tikka masala would arrive in a thick liquid gloop"
   • ▪ mawkish sentiment: informal British "in a film, serious illness has long been a source of gloop and mawkishness"

   Word Origin late 19th century (used to represent a gulping noise as characteristically made by the rippling of a liquid or semiliquid substance): imitative.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • G

     2

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • O

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   • P

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