goo

A thick, soft, often sticky substance.

• There is goo on my shoe.
• The mixture turned into a thick goo.
• What is this sticky goo on the table?

Similar words: slime, gunk

Common phrases: sticky goo, green goo, covered in goo, slippery goo

A soft sound a baby makes while learning to speak.

• The baby gave a little goo.
• Her happy goos made us smile.
• We listened to the infant’s goos and giggles.

Similar words: coo

Common phrases: a baby’s goo, goos and laughs

To put a thick, sticky substance on something.

• He gooed his hair before the party.
• The children gooed their hands with sticky paint.
• She gooed up the surface with thick paste.

How to use it: goo something with something (He gooed his hair with styling gel.)

Similar words: coat, smear

Common phrases: goo something up, goo your hair

To make soft baby sounds before being able to speak.

• The baby gooed softly.
• He gooed and smiled in his crib.
• Our daughter goos when we talk to her.

How to use it: goo at someone (The baby gooed at her father.)

Similar words: coo, babble

Common phrases: goo happily, goo at someone