goo
noun
[ ɡuː ]
• a sticky or slimy substance.
• "he tipped the grayish goo from the test tube"
Similar:
sticky substance,
ooze,
sludge,
muck,
slush,
stickiness,
gunk,
yuck,
crud,
gook,
gloop,
gunge,
grot,
guck,
glop,
• excessive sentimentality.
Origin:
early 20th century (originally US): perhaps from burgoo, a nautical slang term for porridge, based on Persian bulġūr ‘bruised grain’.
