goo

• POS: Noun

OXFORD DICTIONARY

goo, n.
1 a sticky or slimy substance.
2 sickly sentiment.

Etymology

20th c.: perh. f. burgoo (Naut. sl.) = porridge

THESAURUS

goo

albumen, bathos, batter, bleeding heart, bonnyclabber, butter, cab, clabber, cloyingness, cornstarch, cream, curd, dope, dough, egg white, gaum, gel, gelatin, glair, glop, glue, gluten, gook, goop, gruel, gumbo, gunk, hearts-and-flowers, jam, jell, jelly, loblolly, maudlinness, mawkishness, molasses, mucilage, muck, mucus, mush, mushiness, namby-pamby, namby-pambyism, namby-pambyness, nostalgia, nostomania, oversentimentalism, oversentimentality, pap, paste, porridge, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, rob, romanticism, semifluid, semiliquid, sentiment, sentimentalism, sentimentality, size, slop, sloppiness, slush, soap opera, sob story, soup, starch, sticky mess, sweetness and light, syrup, tearjerker, treacle

ROGET THESAURUS

goo

Semiliquidity

N semiliquidity, stickiness, viscidity, viscosity, gummosity, glutinosity, mucosity, spissitude, crassitude, lentor, adhesiveness, inspissation, incrassation, thickening, jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten, carlock, fish glue, ichthyocol, ichthycolla, isinglass, mucus, phlegm, goo, pituite, lava, glair, starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein, treacle, gum, size, glue (tenacity), wax, beeswax, emulsion, soup, squash, mud, slush, slime, ooze, moisture, marsh, semifluid, semiliquid, tremellose, half melted, half frozen, milky, muddy, lacteal, lactean, lacteous, lactescent, lactiferous, emulsive, curdled, thick, succulent, uliginous, gelatinous, albuminous, mucilaginous, glutinous, glutenous, gelatin, mastic, amylaceous, ropy, clammy, clotted, viscid, viscous, sticky, tacky, gooey, slab, slabby, lentous, pituitous, mucid, muculent, mucous, gummy.