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
Each spoonful of flavorful ground beef, chewy noodles and dollops of pesto and cheese should fulfill all your soup aspirations.
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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Their menu highlights signature dishes and specialties such as their New York Bee Sting with spicy salami, pepperoni, and award-winning tomato sauce with a house blend of cheeses, finished with honey and dollops of ricotta.
—Vincent Medina, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
Just delicious—try it with a New York strip topped with a dollop of herb butter.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Serve it with a dollop of yogurt, chopped cilantro, and premade rotis.
—Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2025
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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Their menu highlights signature dishes and specialties such as their New York Bee Sting with spicy salami, pepperoni, and award-winning tomato sauce with a house blend of cheeses, finished with honey and dollops of ricotta.
—Vincent Medina, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
Just delicious—try it with a New York strip topped with a dollop of herb butter.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Serve it with a dollop of yogurt, chopped cilantro, and premade rotis.
—Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dollop
Noun
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Large chunks of the property have been used for recycling and composting operations since 1995.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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The lefty is coming off a horrendous year and Arizona would likely eat a large chunk of his contract to move him.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Greedily grab big hunks of it straight from its container to scarf down with half of a sleeve of Saltines and a couple of pickles!—
Mia Leimkuhler,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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If what your dinner needs is a big hunk of meat on the table, and for some people that's a non-negotiable for a holiday dinner, this is a really good option.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appétit,
11 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, two members of the Oilers’ ice crew had to come onto the ice to pick up the rest of the chips and scrape the globs of cheese off the ice.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Depp pushes over a cabinet with dishes, rips open her dress and makes a most unholy noise as her eyeballs go up in their sockets, tongue juts out and globs of drool pour from her mouth.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Sometimes, the first course is kind of mild — a basket of bread and a clump of butter.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Falling ice: Beware of falling ice and snow clumps from tall buildings while things melt.—
Carlie Kollath Wells,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Gift cards can feel like a slightly more personal touch than just tossing a wad of bills at your giftee.—
Boone Ashworth,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2025
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Still numbed by what just took place less than one hour before, Beth sat alone in a chair in the front yard when a woman, stranger to everyone, walked up to her and placed a wad of $20 bills in her palm, then without a word moved on.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2025
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Just in time for Christmas, certain members of Congress are hard at work in their policy shops, fashioning a massive lump of cybersecurity coal with which to gift American users of electronic devices.—
David Williams,
National Review,
26 Dec. 2024
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Ten years ago, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe pulled up alongside a dusty, icy lump the size of a mountain.—
Elise Cutts,
WIRED,
22 Dec. 2024
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“Dollop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollop. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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