Goe vs Goo - What's the difference?
goe | goo |
* {{quote-book, year=1581, author=Anonymous, title=A Treatise Of Daunses, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Some others goe further and alledging or rather indeede abusing some peece of the Scripture
* {{quote-book, year=1892, author=Ambrose Bierce, title=Black Beetles in Amber, chapter=, edition=
, passage=With divers kinds of Riddance The smoaking Earth is wet, And all aflowe to seaward goe The Torrents wide of Sweat! }}
(uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery; frequently of vague or unknown composition, or a bodily fluid.
Excessive, showy sentimentality
To apply goo to something.
As verbs the difference between goe and goo
is that goe is while goo is to apply goo to something or goo can be to produce baby talk.As a noun goo is
(uncountable|informal) any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery; frequently of vague or unknown composition, or a bodily fluid or goo can be an example of baby talk.goe
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Etymology 1
American English, known since 1903, probably from (1787), possibly an alteration of glue.Noun
(-)- ''I stepped in some goo and had a terrible time getting the sticky stuff off my shoes.
- ''When dad couldn't stand the goo anymore, he stopped Tommy's tearful goodbye from the Swedish au-pair Matts, firmly smacking the boys' pants and grumbling "Now stop the goo or I'll give each of you a reason to cry!"
Derived terms
* from goo to you by way of the zoo * gooey * gooeynessSynonyms
* gloop * glop * gook * goop * gunge * gunk * gum * muck * ooze * paste * slop * sludgeVerb
(en verb)- ''They gooed their hair with some fragrant styling product.