dollop means A considerable lump, scoop, or quantity of something, especially soft food. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 64 out of 100.
Why this word is great
DOLLOP — [Noun] A shapeless lump or blob of a soft or semi-liquid substance, especially food. From earlier East Anglian dialectal dallop ("patch, tuft of grass"), of uncertain origin; compare dialectal Norwegian dolp ("lump"). Unlike a "portion," which implies calibrated propriety, or a "drop," which suggests a discrete, liquid descent, a dollop is a viscous capitulation to informal abundance. It is the cool, imperfect mound of sour cream collapsing into chili, the reckless spoonful of clotted cream sinking into a scone's fracture, or the glistening amber glob of honey surrendering its shape in tea—a small, edible testament that satisfaction often arrives in soft, ungeometric heaps.
noun
- A considerable lump, scoop, or quantity of something, especially soft food.“Each pancake comes with a dollop of suspiciously soft butter in a tiny plastic cup.”
verb
- To apply haphazardly in generous lumps or scoops.“She dolloped a generous quantity of mustard on her hot dog.”
- To dole out in a considerable quantity; to drip in a viscous form.“[P]eas are, when in season, the article most frequently "dolloped," especially since such large quantities have been sent to market, from distant places, by the railways, as they heat very much, and the shell decomposing, becomes a bad colour, and unfits the article for the regular market in a very short space of time. They are now "shot" into a cart, and a sack or two of green ones purchased to s”