ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Oozy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈuːzi/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Oozy is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to the quality of something that oozes.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the quality of something that oozes.

Example Sentences

[…] he gulped down a chill and glutinous slice of the ice-cream brick, and cocoanut cake as oozy as shaving-cream.
[The rain] fell with an oozy, slushy sound among the grass; and made a muddy kennel of every furrow in the ploughed fields.
Each country is casting its net of espionage into the slimy bottom of the others, fishing for their secrets, the treacherous secrets which brew in the oozy depths of diplomacy.
A daughter? Oh heauens, that they were liuing both in Nalpes The King and Queene there, that they were, I wish My selfe were mudded in that oo-zie bed Where my sonne lies: when did you lose your daughter?

Word Forms

Synonyms for oozy

Depending on context, synonyms include weeping, seeping, oozing, leaky.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include oozing, seeping, leaky, oozey, oosy, ooey-gooey.

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