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Noun: goop  goop
Usage: N. Amer, informal (elsewhere: thick)
  1. Any thick, viscous matter
    "The mechanic's hands were covered in engine goop";
    - sludge, slime, goo [informal], gook [informal], guck [N. Amer, informal], gunk [informal], muck, ooze, gloop [Brit, Cdn, informal]
     
  2. [N. Amer, slang] Street name for gamma hydroxybutyrate
    "The police warned about the dangers of goop";
    - soap [slang], scoop [slang], max [slang], liquid ecstasy [slang], Georgia home boy [slang], easy lay [slang], thick [slang], gloop [Brit, Cdn, slang]
     
  3. A semiliquid substance, often sticky or sloppy
    "The mechanic wiped the goop off his hands after fixing the engine";
    - gloop [Brit, Cdn, informal]

Derived forms: goops

Type of: gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB, matter

Encyclopedia: Goop