as in chunk
a small uneven mass
served crackers topped with dollops of caviar as an appetizer
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Recent Examples of dollop
Serve the pears warm, simply on their own, or top them with a dollop of Greek yogurt.
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Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
Serve them with a dollop of Duke's mayonnaise mixed with Old Bay for good old Southern flavor.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
What follows is something like 12 Angry Men if written by John Grisham, with a dollop of the classic 1948 noir The Big Clock thrown in for good measure.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
Just add a dollop of mayo to a rag and scrub the affected surface until the mark is gone.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2024
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Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
Serve them with a dollop of Duke's mayonnaise mixed with Old Bay for good old Southern flavor.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
What follows is something like 12 Angry Men if written by John Grisham, with a dollop of the classic 1948 noir The Big Clock thrown in for good measure.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
Just add a dollop of mayo to a rag and scrub the affected surface until the mark is gone.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dollop
Noun
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But not everyone has a large chunk of money that is heading their way soon.Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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Before the night was out, Germans began chipping away at the barrier, carrying off chunks of one of the symbols of the diminishing Iron Curtain.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
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As the host and co-creator of Hallmark’s first reality competition series, Bennett is hoping to discover the network’s next holiday hunk in Finding Mr. Christmas (premiering Thursday, Oct. 31, exclusively on Hallmark+).Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Some of your fave Hallmark hunks will be stopping by our office and giving us a sneak peek at what to expect from their holiday slate.Alex Apatoff, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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The catenary lights provide a festive evening glob reminiscent of vineyard properties.Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
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Plate-sized globs of bear scat lay everywhere, and the bruins’ beds cratered the forest floor.Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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So, how might this drug clear these protein clumps? Methazolamide is a type of drug known as a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, which stops the activity of an important enzyme involved in regulating acidity levels in our cells.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Photos pinned to Google Maps from years past show this bridge as a dark round tunnel, slick from mud and moisture, with clumps of unidentifiable detritus scattered along its length.Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
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That helps remove some apprehension when dropping wads of cash on a phone with a hinge.Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 23 July 2024
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Sometimes he sang-rapped like had a wad of gum in his mouth, clearly a student of all the early Future tapes.Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 6 Sep. 2024
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Common symptoms are a persistent sore throat, earache, hoarseness, and a lump in the throat or neck.Sayaka Blickenderfer, Health, 21 Nov. 2024
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The second photograph contains a wet, bulbous, red lump held between two fingers and pierced by a needle guiding a black thread, possibly in reference to the stitching of the perineal tear after childbirth.Jenny Wu, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Dollop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollop. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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