Glopped

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have fallen or spilled in a messy or clumsy manner, creating a splattering effect; to have made a sound resembling a sloshing or glugging noise while moving liquid; to have applied or spread something thick and viscous, typically in a careless way
2. To have sloshed out or dripped in an uncontrolled fashion, often causing a sticky mess; to have emitted a sound comparable to a gurgle when liquids are disturbed; to have placed a substance in a heavy clump or glop, usually without precision
3. To have oozed or splattered in a heavy, thick manner, often creating splashes; to have produced a sound reminiscent of liquid moving sluggishly; to have coated or layered something with a thick consistency, often unevenly

Etymology: "Glopped" is the past tense of "glop," a verb built from a sound. The base word is a variant of "glope," and it is usually dated to the 1940s, when it appears in English with the sense of something thick and sloppy spreading or splashing. Its shape and sound do much of the work: the "gl" opening suggests something wet and gluey, much as "gloop" and "glug" do. The word is grouped with "goop" and "gulp," but the source treats it as expressive rather than traceable to a specific earlier word. In other words, no older language hands English a ready-made "glop." Speakers seem to have shaped it to imitate the messy sound and look of thick liquid, which explains why the same sense can cover a sloshing noise and a careless spread of paste.

Synonyms: splattered, splashed, plopped, smushed, squashed

Antonyms: cleaned, wiped