Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To apply haphazardly in generous lumps or scoops.

    She dolloped a generous quantity of mustard on her hot dog.

  2. (ambitransitive)To dole out in a considerable quantity; to drip in a viscous form.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. She served corn with a dollop of butter.

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  2. Tom likes to have a large dollop of cream with his cheesecake.

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  3. Each pancake comes with a dollop of suspiciously soft butter in a tiny plastic cup.

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Origin

From earlier East Anglian dialectal dallop (“patch, tuft (of grass, etc.)”), of unknown or

From earlier East Anglian dialectal dallop (“patch, tuft (of grass, etc.)”), of unknown origin. Compare dialectal Norwegian dolp (“lump”).

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Forms

dollops, dolloping, dolloped, dolloped
Base formdollop · to dollop
3rd person singulardollops
Present participledolloping
Past simpledolloped
Past participledolloped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydollop
he, she, itdollops

Past simpleLesson

all personsdolloped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dolloped
he, she, ithas dolloped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dollop

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
doledollA1dollarA1dollydolma
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