glop

 
Pronunciation: /glɒp/
informal, chiefly North American

noun

[mass noun]
  • sticky and amorphous matter, typically something unpleasant: a cup of vile green glop
  • [count noun] a soft, shapeless lump of something: a glop of creamy dressing
  • worthless writing, music, or other material: commercialized glop, not worth thinking about

verb (glops, glopping, glopped)

[with object and adverbial of direction]
  • transfer (a sloppy or sticky substance) to a container: glop 2 gallons of premixed compound into a bucket

Derivatives

gloppy

adjective (gloppier, gloppiest)

Origin:

1940s: symbolic (see gloop)