dollop
noun/ˈdɒləp/
/ˈdɑːləp/
(informal)- a small amount of soft food, often dropped from a spoon
- a dollop of whipped cream
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- an amount of something
- A dollop of romance now and then is good for everybody.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a clump of grass or weeds in a field): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian dialect dolp ‘lump’.
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