dollop
dol·lop / ˈdäləp/ • n. inf. a shapeless mass or blob of something, esp. soft food: great dollops of cream | fig. a dollop of romance here and there. • v. (-loped, -lop·ing) [tr.] add (a shapeless mass or blob of something) casually and without measuring: Chekov stopped him from dolloping sugar into his coffee.
dollop
dollop †tuft, clump XVI; shapeless lump XIX. perh. of Scand. orig. (cf. Norw. dial. dolp lump).
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