name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
goo
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɡuː/
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CMU ARPABET: G UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable, usually
Examples
- I stepped in some goo and had a terrible time getting the sticky stuff off my shoes.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gloop, goop, gunge, gunk
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Excessive, showy sentimentality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mawkishness, saccharinity, sugariness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A noise made by a baby trying to imitate speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The infant's goos and gahs were endearing.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Initialism of gastric outlet obstruction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 6
To apply goo to something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- They gooed their hair with some fragrant styling product.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To produce baby talk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The baby gooed while daddy made sappy faces at it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
Elongated form of go.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 9
Pronunciation spelling of go.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, West-Midlands, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
any thick, viscous matter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sludge, slime, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: matter
Narrower terms: sapropel
History
Etymology
From the Korean surname, spelling variant of Koo. Also see Gu.
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.
Onomatopoeic of baby talk.
See go.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: brij — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Estonian: löga — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Finnish: tahma — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Finnish: tökötti — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Finnish: mönjä — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- French: matière poisseuse f mucus — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- German: Schmiere — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- German: Klebstoff — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- German: Glibber — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- German: Soße — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- German: klebriges Zeug — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- German: Papp — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Hungarian: ragacs — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Hungarian: trutyi — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Hungarian: trutymó — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Italian: melma — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Japanese: ネバネバしたもの (nebaneba shita mono) — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Polish: glut — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Polish: babranina — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Polish: breja — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Portuguese: gosma — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Portuguese: nhanha — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Russian: слизь (slizʹ) — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Russian: вя́зкое (vjázkoje) — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Russian: ли́пкое (lípkoje) — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Serbo-Croatian: ljiga — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Sicilian: cosa mpicusa/mpiccicusa — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Sicilian: mpastu — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Sicilian: fangu — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Spanish: pez — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Spanish: visco — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Spanish: ligamaza — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Spanish: ajonje — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Spanish: ajonjo — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Spanish: liria — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Spanish: vesque — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Spanish: baba — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Spanish: mucosidad — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Spanish: moco — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Swedish: klet — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Swedish: kladd — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Swedish: smet — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Ukrainian: слиз (slyz) — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Ukrainian: ґлей (glej) — sticky or gummy semi-solid or liquid substance
- Dutch: stroperigheid — sentimentality
- German: Schmalz — sentimentality
- German: übertriebene Sentimentalität — sentimentality
- Hungarian: érzelgősség — sentimentality
- Portuguese: meloso — sentimentality
- Russian: сентимента́льщина (sentimentálʹščina) — sentimentality
- Spanish: cursilería — sentimentality
- Spanish: huachafería — sentimentality