English

Noun

goo ‎(uncountable)

1. (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.

   I stepped in some goo and had a terrible time getting the sticky stuff off my shoes.

2. Excessive, showy sentimentality

   When dad couldn't stand the goo anymore, he stopped Tommy's tearful goodbye from the Swedish au-pair Matts, firmly smacking the boys' pants and grumbling "Now stop the goo or I'll give each of you a reason to cry!"

Derived terms

• from goo to you by way of the zoo
• gooey
• gooeyness

Synonyms

• gloop
• glop
• gook
• goop
• gunge
• gunk
• gum
• muck
• ooze
• paste
• slop
• sludge

Translations

Verb

goo ‎(third-person singular simple present goos, present participle gooing, simple past and past participle gooed)

1. (transitive) To apply goo to something.

   They gooed their hair with some fragrant styling product.

Etymology 2

(onomatopoeia)

Noun

goo ‎(plural goos)

1. An example of baby talk.

   The infant's goos and gahs were endearing.

Verb

goo ‎(third-person singular simple present goos, present participle gooing, simple past and past participle gooed)

1. (intransitive) To produce baby talk.

   The baby gooed while daddy made sappy faces at it.

See also

• gaga, ga-ga
• goo-goo

References

• “goo” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Dutch

Etymology

Germanic, of uncertain origin

Noun

goo ? ‎(plural [please provide], diminutive [please provide])

1. An alternative form of gouw 'region'

Anagrams

• oog

Esperanto

Noun

goo ‎(accusative singular goon, plural gooj, accusative plural goojn)

1. The board game go

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish guth ‎(“voice, sound, word, vowel”).

Noun

goo m ‎(genitive singular goo, plural googhyn)

1. voice
2. word, reputation

Mutation

Etymology 2

Noun

goo

1. Eclipsed form of coo.

Middle English

Etymology

See gon.

Verb

goo

1. go

References

p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.