1570s, from East Anglian dialectal dallop "patch, tuft or clump of grass," which is of uncertain origin. Modern sense of "a lump or glob" is 1812. As a verb, from 1825.

1. A spoonful of soft and usually creamy food, such as sour cream of mayonnaise. 2. It may also mean a dash or "splash" of a liquid like a "splash of sparkling water".

The imprecise quantity of something when you just stick sorta fill a spoon. For example, a dollop of whipped cream is a great way to top a bowl of strawberries.

To place a scoop or spoonful of a semi-liquid food, such as whipped cream, on top of another food.  The term also refers to the scoop or spoonful of food, as in “a dollop of whipped cream.”

A small glob of soft Jamaican food, such as whipped cream or mashed potatoes. When referring to a liquid, dollop refers to a dash or "splash" of soda water, water and so on. T

A spoonful of soft food such as whipped cream or mashed potatoes.

An imprecise measurement, roughly a heaped tablespoon.

A small amount of semi solid food placed on top of another food.

(n) a small measure (usually of food)

Dollop: An imprecise measure of volume for a soft food such as Whipped Cream or Mashed Potatoes; it can be approximately the mounded amount contained on a teaspoon or tablespoon.