goo
To apply goo to somethingTo apply goo to something.
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» Tom is covered in slimy goo.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(transitive)To apply goo to something.
They gooed their hair with some fragrant styling product.
(intransitive)To produce baby talk.
The baby gooed while daddy made sappy faces at it.
Elongated form of go.
Examples
7 sentencesTom is covered in slimy goo.
When medlars are bletted, they ooze goo.
The medlars bletted and started to ooze goo.
The alien’s body was full of disgusting green goo.
The grey goo engulfs everything.
deDie graue Schmiere verschlingt alles. — Yorwba
Origin
Onomatopoeic of baby talk.Onomatopoeic of baby talk.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
goos, gooing, gooed, gooedWord family
2 related wordsLessons 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.