Crossword clues for dollop
dollop
- Spoonful, say
- Cream serving
- Whipped cream amount
- A small measure (usually of food)
- Blob or lump
- Small amount
- Whipped cream serving
- Serving of whipped cream
- Work with puppet, perhaps, getting lump of food?
- Small shapeless mass
- Small measure of semi-solid food
- Lump party together with voting upset
- Large shapeless lump
- Large mass of party rejected number of votes cast
- Helping model to get work
- Small quantity
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, from East Anglian dialectal dallop "patch, tuft or clump of grass," which is of uncertain origin. Modern sense of "a lump or glob" is 1812. As a verb, from 1825.
Wiktionary
n. a lump, scoop or considerable quantity of something. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To apply haphazardly in generous lumps or scoops. 2 (context intransitive English) To drip in a viscous form
WordNet
n. a small measure (usually of food)
Wikipedia
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Usage examples of "dollop".
He was indefatigable when it came to crushing bitter almond seeds in the screw press or mashing musk pods or mincing dollops of grey, greasy ambergris with a chopping knife or grating violet roots and digesting the shavings in the finest alcohol.
Rube Goldberg, some sort of freak hybrid-a bit of deregulation, a dash of regulation, with a dollop of centralized government on the side.
With practiced ease, Harold spooned a dollop of crime fraiche on to the side of the plates, poured a chilled Pouilly Fume, and silently retreated, dimming the lights as he went so that only the fire and the flickering of the candles illuminated the room.
Carefully, Gunsel poured each of them a generous dollop of the precious liquid.
And in that clear world, the Synthesis was talk and the Summation a promised sugar dollop meant to quiet children, not a thing podia took seriously for long.
Amelia bounded to her feet, releasing another dollop of cream down her legs.
In his recollection, the brawl was triggered by a dollop of spittle, like the fight in Siler City his freshman year.
A few looked vaguely familiar from ancient, blurry, color plates Savant Mother Claire had passed around, too faded to be used any longer in the upper school, but good enough to teach summerlings a dollop of geology.
Boone plunged a finger into his tiramisu and scooped up a dollop of the coffee-flavored custard before kneeling before Tania.
Special: Norwegian brisling sardines in Italian olive oil heaped on German schwarzbrot, with a layer of thinly sliced Spanish onion and a dollop of French dressing.
Serve soup in bowls and add dollop of basil pistou to taste in the center.
From the wine riddler who turns the bottles in their cradles, to the wine pourer who allows credulous monkeys to taste little dollops prior to their purchase, to the sommelier who makes diners feel inadequate to the task of selecting their drinks, to the critic who compares the slight hint of chocolate to the subtle undertow of citrus and nutmeg, the field of wine is full of grapes.
Taking the rubber cap out of the case, he unscrewed the top on the small jar, dipped his finger into the ointment, lifted out a dollop of spermicide,10 and began spreading the white cream inside the Dutch cap.
He picked up the bottle of applejack and poured a hefty dollop for Dr.
The beef slices were light but rich, the way thinly sliced beef always is, and the slices of egg only served to convey dollops of a rich brown demiglace sauce to my mouth.