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goo
(go͞o)n. Informal
1. A sticky wet viscous substance.
2. Sentimental drivel.
[Perhaps short for burgoo.]
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goo
(ɡuː)n
1. a sticky or viscous substance
2. coy or sentimental language or ideas
[C20: of uncertain origin]
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goo
(gu)n. Informal.
1. a thick or sticky substance.
2. maudlin sentimentality.
[1910–15, Amer.; perhaps short for burgoo]
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Noun | 1. | goo - any thick, viscous matter matter - that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" sapropel - sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans |
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[guː] N1. (= substance) why do you put all that goo on your face? → ¿por qué te pones tanto mejunje en la cara?
the rice had turned into a heap of goo → el arroz quedó hecho un mazacote
the rice had turned into a heap of goo → el arroz quedó hecho un mazacote
2. (fig) (= sentimentality) → lenguaje m sentimental, sentimentalismo m
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