Home › Words › D › dallopdallopdallop means A tuft or clump, especially an unploughed patch amongst fields of corn.EtymologyOrigin unknown. Perhaps cognate with Norwegian dialect dolp, a lump.nounA tuft or clump, especially an unploughed patch amongst fields of corn.e.g.“Of barlie the longest and greenest ye find, / leaue standing by dallops, till time ye doo bind” — 1573, Thomas Tusser, “Augusts husbandrie”, in Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie, London: English Dialect Society, published 1878, page 131:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dollop 70% match — A considerable lump, scoop, or quantity of something, especially soft food. vs dallop →clodlet 64% match — A small clod or clump. vs dallop →dollopy 64% match — Having a texture of dollops; lumpy, stodgy. vs dallop →clumpet 60% match — A little clump. vs dallop →dapple 60% match — A mottled marking, usually in clusters. vs dallop →colloped 59% match — Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops. vs dallop →clump 58% match — A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass. vs dallop →plump 57% match — Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight. vs dallop →