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# goo

«goo» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sticky, wet, soft substance, like slime, glue or melted…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (goo, uncountable); adjective gooey

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A sticky, wet, soft substance, like slime, glue or melted cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goo/#m1)

2) (informal) Too much soppy, sentimental feeling, as in «romantic goo». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goo/#m2)

3) Baby talk, as in «goo goo ga ga». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goo/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, children make «goo» (oobleck) from cornflour and water, which acts like a solid when pressed and a liquid when poured. In everyday life, goo is the sticky mess from slime, glue or sweets. In stories, monsters leave a trail of green goo.

### examples

- My hands were covered in sticky goo from the slime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goo/#x1)
- The alien left a trail of green goo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goo/#x2)
- Cornflour and water make a strange goo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goo/#x3)
- The cake had chocolate goo in the middle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goo/#x4)
- The baby gurgled «goo goo». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goo/#x5)
- The film was full of soppy goo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goo/#x6)
- That's the opinion of most of them down there, and the opinion is goo-goo-good!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goo/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «some goo», not «a goo». Adjective «gooey», as in «a gooey brownie».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «goo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.