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oozy

oozy

3 3.6
Covered with a thick, sticky liquid that slowly leaks
  • adjective
  • /ˈuːzi/
: viscoso
  • They were in a swamp now, and progress was slow, even after their steeds extruded large flat pads which held their weight better in the oozy, sandy, sinking soil.
  • oozy cheese
  • oozy mud

And then in the middle is a core of just gooey, oozy, booey, Dewey caramel.

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Examples

  • For me, lover of oozy cheeses and aged salumi, a little "earthy" is never a bad thing.

    Blog text (18)

  • He had been playing in the river, rolling in the thick, oozy mud.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • "It's oozy and it's green"

    The Sweetest Thing (2002)

  • The oozy, gooeyness of it, it's so...

    Look Who's Talking Now! (1993)

  • It's crispy, thin, oozy and delicious.

  • Animals that died in the warm waters or on the sea floor were often entombed and preserved in the gray, oozy mud of the bottom.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The cake has a rich, oozy center that spills out when you cut into it.

  • After the heavy rain, the ground was oozy and difficult to walk on.

  • The chocolate fondue was oozy, making it perfect for dipping fruit.

Synonyms

exudative
vsoozy
  • Specialized
1 9.3

Having fluid that oozes from body tissue or wounds

is a general term for slow leaking or resembling ooze

Antonyms

dry
885 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

solid
224 1.0

Firm and hard so it keeps its shape, not liquid

How Leaky

gushing
5 4.1
leaky
35 1.5
oozy
3 3.6
to seeping
4 2.7

Surface Forms

oozy positive

Morphology

oozy = ooze (transparent) = ooze + y

Standard adjectival formation from 'ooze' meaning 'having or resembling ooze', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Oozy comes from the simple word ooze, which means 'to flow slowly' or the soft wet mud called 'ooze'. The ending -y means 'full of' or 'like', so oozy describes something that is wet, sticky, or slowly leaking liquid.