Goo vs Goa - What's the difference?
goo | goa |
(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.
(music) A form of trance music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India (also Goa trance ).
As nouns the difference between goo and goa
is that goo is any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery; frequently of vague or unknown composition, or a bodily fluid while Goa is a form of trance music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India (also Goa trance).As a verb goo
is to apply goo to something.As a proper noun Goa is
state in western India which has Panaji as its capital.goo
English
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.