From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdollopdol‧lop /ˈdɒləp $ ˈdɑː-/ noun [countable] informal 1 DFa small amount of soft food, usually dropped from a spoondollop of a dollop of thick cream2 an amount of somethingdollop of You’ll need a big dollop of luck. —dollop verb [transitive]
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dollop• Taylor deserves a dollop of the blame.• He put a dollop of honey on his bread and spread it around with a knife.• You squeeze a dollop of special paste into a small cup at the base of the burner and light it.• Frothy, with a dollop of chocolate across the top, this Joe gets a 10.• Garnish with a dollop of sour cream. 80 Many sausage mixtures are heavy and usually contain a fair amount of fat.• Drop corn mixture by dollops into skillet and saute until lightly browned on both sides.• It also swallowed a healthy dollop of spending on advertising.• Bushes weigh their meted dollops, and the boxy clapboard churches are drenched and cleansed by a piquant light from the east.• Then serve on its own, or with a nice dollop of cream, or ice cream.• Louise watched as the dollop of mashed potato fell onto her plate.Origin dollop (1500-1600) From a Scandinavian language; related to Norwegian dolp “piece” 