goo

== Translingual == === Symbol === goo (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gone Dau. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Gone Dau terms == English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡuː/ Rhymes: -uː === Etymology 1 === American English, attested since 1903, possibly from burgoo (“thick porridge”); alternatively, an alteration of glue. ==== Noun ==== goo (usually uncountable, plural goos) (uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen. Synonyms: gloop, goop, gunge, gunk; see also Thesaurus:goo (figuratively) Excessive, showy sentimentality. Synonyms: mawkishness, saccharinity, sugariness ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== goo (third-person singular simple present goos, present participle gooing, simple past and past participle gooed) (transitive) To apply goo to something. === Etymology 2 === Onomatopoeic of baby talk. ==== Noun ==== goo (plural goos) A noise made by a baby trying to imitate speech. ==== Verb ==== goo (third-person singular simple present goos, present participle gooing, simple past and past participle gooed) (intransitive) To produce baby talk. ==== See also ==== gaga, ga-ga goo-goo goo goo ga ga === Etymology 3 === See go. ==== Verb ==== goo Elongated form of go. (Northern England, West Midlands, Scotland) Pronunciation spelling of go. === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “goo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “goo” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC. === See also === moo goo gai pan (etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === ogo == Dutch == === Noun === goo f (plural gooën, no diminutive) alternative form of gouw === Anagrams === oog == Esperanto == === Etymology === From Japanese 碁 (go). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡoo/ Rhymes: -oo Syllabification: go‧o === Noun === goo (accusative singular goon, plural gooj, accusative plural goojn) go (board game) Synonym: vejĉio == Manx == === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish guth, from Proto-Celtic *gutus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuHtus, from *ǵʰewH- (“to call on, invoke”). ==== Noun ==== goo m (genitive singular goo, plural googhyn) voice word, reputation ==== Mutation ==== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== goo eclipsed form of coo ==== Mutation ==== == Middle English == === Verb === goo alternative form of gon (“to go”) === References === p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.