Meaning of Dollop | Babel Free

Definitions

A considerable lump, scoop, or quantity of something, especially soft food.

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Examples

“Each pancake comes with a dollop of suspiciously soft butter in a tiny plastic cup.”

“Dallop, s[ubstantive] a deal heap, a division or small heap,[…]”

“DALLOP, s[ubstantive] […] 5. A clumsy and shapeless lump of any thing tumbled about in the hands.”

“In Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, and, indeed, wherever there is a large fruit and vegetable market, there are a number of persons who regularly attend it, for the purpose of purchasing whatever may be, at the time, very cheap—either fruits or vegetables. […] These people are known amongst the dealers and hawkers as "Dollopers," and the lots they purchase are called "Dollops;" indeed, the latter term is applied to any article that a dealer may have left, after the market is over, if there is much of it. The "Dollopers" are well known to the dealers, and they (the latter) frequently call out to them, if they see them looking about the market, and have a "dollop" of anything on hand; […]”

“Dollop, sb. [substantive] 1. An awkward or clumsy-looking portion of anything, as of bread or meat. 2. A quantity or number of individuals forming a shapeless whole. […] 1. 'Weel! thee's getten a fairish dollop, thee has. It's a wem-fu' fur tweea as big as thou.' 2. 'Yon troot's biggest o' t' dollop by owght.'”

“On lifting it up he was surprised by an unwonted feeling of stickiness; but when he held the instrument to the light, the reason revealed itself to him immediately in the form of a dollop of congealed chicken-broth, nicely rounded to the shape of the cup, which shot from its resting-place, with a clammy thud, on to his clean shirt-front, and then proceeded to slide rapidly down inside his dress waistcoat, leaving a snail-like track, dotted with grains of rice, behind it.”

“Although I was short and stubby, and could hardly manage a good serve or a great smash, what I lacked in height and strength I made up with dollops of enthusiasm and even managed it to the victorious throw-ball team.”

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