Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A sticky wet viscous substance.
  • noun Sentimental drivel.

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  • noun An example of baby talk.
  • verb intransitive To produce baby talk.
  • noun uncountable, informal Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery; frequently of vague or unknown composition, or a bodily fluid.
  • noun Excessive, showy sentimentality
  • verb transitive To apply goo to something.

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  • noun any thick, viscous matter

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps short for burgoo.]

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(onomatopoeia)

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American English, known since 1903, probably from burgoo ("thick porridge") (1787), possibly an alteration of glue.

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Examples

  • Now many of our Christians have what I call the goo-goo syndrome - good government.

    The BRAD BLOG Brad Friedman 2008

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    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • His mother thinks 'goo' is awful childish, and she is at him all the time to say 'Daddy-dinger,' but he never lets on he hears her.

    Sowing Seeds in Danny 1908

  • Steen: The point at which you're mixing up your own engine goo is when it goes from being a "hobby" to a "borderline deathwish" ...

    One Tenth Scale Saturn V to Fly - NASA Watch 2009

  • The only thing this butt-hole nitwit should be left in charge of is cleaning the brown goo from the church coffee urn.

    Think Progress » Who Is Randy ‘Baby Killer’ Neugebauer? 2010

  • So, as I write, yellowy green goo is building up in my lacrimal system and requires repetitive and tender cleaning every half hour or so, which is fun.

    …conjunctivitis « Sven’s guide to… 2008

  • The Sanskrit word for matter is gu, curiously similar to our English word goo, a sticky substance in which one can get stuck.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • The Sanskrit word for matter is gu, curiously similar to our English word goo, a sticky substance in which one can get stuck.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • The Sanskrit word for matter is gu, curiously similar to our English word goo, a sticky substance in which one can get stuck.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • They layer me in goo and basically mummify me without taking my organs.

    2007 Paley Festival Recap: HEROES | the TV addict 2007

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  • Jane Smiley on pudding.

    February 1, 2008

  • Citation on ooze.

    June 23, 2008

  • goo is cool!

    January 31, 2010