goo [goo] ExamplesWord Origin noun Informal.
- a thick or sticky substance: Wash that goo off your hands.
- maudlin sentimentality.
Origin of goo 1910–15, Americanism; perhaps short for burgoo Related Words for goos muck, sludge, gunk, slush, crud, ooze, guck, gook, glop, yuck Examples from the Web for goos Historical Examples of goos
Lydgate copies this line in his Hors, Shepe, and Goos, l. 155.
Chaucer’s Works, Volume 1 (of 7) — Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems
Geoffrey Chaucer
“That fare to be my train,” I says to myself, and drinks my beer as quick as I can and goos acrost to the station again.
Cyril Ionides
A babyish voice babbled merrily, but the sounds were all “goos” and “ahs” without any resemblance to words.
Edith Van Dyne
So Gg.; rest The goos, the duk, and the cukkowe also (wrongly; see next line).
Chaucer’s Works, Volume 1 (of 7) — Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems
Geoffrey Chaucer
British Dictionary definitions for goos goo noun informal
- a sticky or viscous substance
- coy or sentimental language or ideas
Word Origin for goo C20: of uncertain origin Word Origin and History for goos goo n.
1903, American English, of obscure origin, probably a back-formation from gooey.