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goo en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English burgood Proto-Germanic *bermô? Proto-West Germanic *bermō Old English beormader. Welsh burym Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulisder. Latin caulisbor. Proto-Brythonic *kawl Middle Welsh cawl Welsh cawl ? Persian برغولder. Persian پرغولder. Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul)der.? Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus Proto-Italic *gustus Latin gustus Middle French goûtder. Middle French ragoûterder. French ragoûtbor. English ragout? English burgoo? Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Late Latin glūs Old French glubor. Middle English glew English glue? English goo American English, attested since 1903, possibly from burgoo (“thick porridge”); alternatively, an alteration of glue.

Meanings

  1. (informal, uncountable, usually) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.
    • I stepped in some goo and had a terrible time getting the sticky stuff off my shoes.
  2. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Excessive, showy sentimentality.
    • […] To be really human is probably to be unavoidably sentimental and naive and goo-prone and generally pathetic, is to be in some basic interior way forever infantile, some sort of not-quite-right-looking infant dragging itself anaclitically around the map, with big wet eyes and froggy-soft skin, huge skull, gooey drool. 1996, David Foster Wallace, “14 November Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment”, in Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 694–695:

Forms

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goos Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

goolike · gooey · goo ball · sprue goo · gooeyness · grey goo · man goo · goo to you by way of the zoo · girl goo · guck · goo-gob

Hypernyms

semisolid · liquid

Synonyms

gum · goop · sludge · slop · ooze · saccharinity · ick · gunge · paste · goop · gloop · gleet · slime · gloop · glop · gunk · mawkishness · gunge · gook · sugariness · goo · muck · gunk

Translations (52)

de Soße (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · scn fangu (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · pl babranina (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · fi mönjä (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · es ajonje (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · pl glut (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · pt meloso (sentimentality) · es liria (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · sv kladd (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · hu trutymó (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · de Papp (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · es moco (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · ja ネバネバしたもの (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · es visco (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · ru ли́пкое (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · de übertriebene Sentimentalität (sentimentality) · scn cosa mpicusa/mpiccicusa (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · es mucosidad (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · et löga (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · es baba (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · nl brij (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · ru слизь (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · es vesque (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · sv klet (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · de Schmalz (sentimentality) · pt nhanha (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · es pez (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · scn mpastu (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · fi tahma (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · it melma (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · sh ljiga (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · uk слиз (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · pl breja (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · de Klebstoff (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · hu trutyi (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · pt gosma (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · hu érzelgősség (sentimentality) · fi tökötti (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · es cursilería (sentimentality) · hu ragacs (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · es huachafería (sentimentality) · nl stroperigheid (sentimentality) · uk ґлей (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · de klebriges Zeug (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · de Schmiere (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · de Glibber (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · fr matière poisseuse f mucus (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · ru вя́зкое (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · ru сентимента́льщина (sentimentality) · sv smet (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · es ligamaza (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance) · es ajonjo (sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance)

Source: en.wiktionary, “goo” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

goo en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English burgood Proto-Germanic *bermô? Proto-West Germanic *bermō Old English beormader. Welsh burym Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulisder. Latin caulisbor. Proto-Brythonic *kawl Middle Welsh cawl Welsh cawl ? Persian برغولder. Persian پرغولder. Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul)der.? Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus Proto-Italic *gustus Latin gustus Middle French goûtder. Middle French ragoûterder. French ragoûtbor. English ragout? English burgoo? Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Late Latin glūs Old French glubor. Middle English glew English glue? English goo American English, attested since 1903, possibly from burgoo (“thick porridge”); alternatively, an alteration of glue.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To apply goo to something.
    • They gooed their hair with some fragrant styling product.

Forms

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gooing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gooed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gooed Tense=Past lexicographic
goos Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “goo” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

goo en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Onomatopoeic of baby talk.

Meanings

  1. A noise made by a baby trying to imitate speech.
    • The infant's goos and gahs were endearing.

Forms

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goos Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

semisolid · liquid

Synonyms

gum · sludge · slop · ooze · ick · gunge · paste · goop · gleet · slime · gloop · glop · gook · goo · muck · gunk

Source: en.wiktionary, “goo” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

goo en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Onomatopoeic of baby talk.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To produce baby talk.
    • The baby gooed but didn't let go; instead he decided he would taste it. Lou quickly tried to get the baby to release his trophy but to no avail. 2010, Frances Gaddy Stegall, Rafter T Ranch, page 179:
    • The baby gooed while daddy made sappy faces at it.
    • The baby gooed. Danny smiled. 2013, Susan Meier, A Father for Her Triplets: Her Pregnancy Surprise, page 359:

Forms

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gooed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gooed Tense=Past lexicographic
goos Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gooing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

goo goo ga ga · gaga · goo-goo · ga-ga

Source: en.wiktionary, “goo” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

goo en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Etymology

See go.

Meanings

  1. Elongated form of go.
    • Lowry put out a social media post to his more than 907,000 Twitter followers saying, "Miami Heat X Kyle Lowry" and "Let's Goo!!" followed by five fire emojis. 2021 August 2, Neil Davidson, “Kyle Lowry era over in Toronto as Raptors great signs with Miami Heat”, in CBC:
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland, West-Midlands, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of go.
    alt of go
    • I means to goo to th' mop, 'er sez, fur I waants a chahinge.[…]'T wuz to w:Muckley mop 'er went. 1897, Hamilton Kingsford, Vigornian Monologues: A Series of Papers in Illustration of the Dialect of Worcestershire, page 18:
    • Well, then, things are settled, an' I'll goo an' finish yond pigs off," said my new employer, rising from his chair, and flapping his crush hat upon his head as if he was killing flies. 1886, w:Benjamin Brierley, Cast Upon the World - The Story of a Waif, Heywood, →ISBN, page 218:

Relateds

moo goo gai pan