dollop
To apply haphazardly in generous lumps or scoopsTo apply haphazardly in generous lumps or scoops.
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» She served corn with a dollop of butter.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To apply haphazardly in generous lumps or scoops.
She dolloped a generous quantity of mustard on her hot dog.
(ambitransitive)To dole out in a considerable quantity; to drip in a viscous form.
Examples
3 sentencesShe served corn with a dollop of butter.
Tom likes to have a large dollop of cream with his cheesecake.
Each pancake comes with a dollop of suspiciously soft butter in a tiny plastic cup.
Origin
From earlier East Anglian dialectal dallop (“patch, tuft (of grass, etc.)”), of unknown orFrom 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, dollopedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.