Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - dollop
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(dollops) A dollop of soft or sticky food is a large spoonful of it. (INFORMAL) ...a dollop of cream. N-COUNT: usu N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1812 1. chiefly British an indefinite often large quantity especially of something liquid out of heaven, as if a plug had been pulled, fell a jolly ~ of rain — E. M. Forster 2. a lump or glob of something soft or mushy top it with a ~ of jam 3. an amount given, spooned, or ladled out ; portion hold out their mess tins for a ~ of gruel — Robert Craft 4. a small lump, portion, or amount want just a ~ of ketchup 5. something added or served as if in ~s a delicious ~ of gossip — Leon Harris II. transitive verb Date: circa 1860 to serve or dispense in ~s ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. a shapeless lump of food etc. --v.tr. (dolloped, dolloping) (usu. foll. by out) serve out in large shapeless quantities. Etymology: perh. f. Scand. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. разг. здоровый кусок; солидная порция a good dollop of jam —- здоровая порция варенья with a healthy dollop of nationalism —- основательно сдобренный национализмом (о книге, статье и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1573, from E. Anglian dial. dallop "patch, tuft or clump of grass," of uncertain origin. Modern sense of "a lump or glob" is 1812. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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