oozy
1[oo-zee]
- exuding moisture.
- damp with moisture.
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Origin of oozy
1oozy
2[oo-zee]
- of or like ooze, soft mud, or slime.
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Origin of oozy
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Related Words for oozy
clammy, glutinous, miry, mucky, muddy, sludgy, slushy, viscous, mucous, scummy, yukkyExamples from the Web for oozy
Contemporary Examples of oozy
Some juice spills out when one is sliced or bitten, but it isn't nearly as plump and oozy as a traditional link.
Cut into them and find a hidden treat of melty, oozy mozzarella.
Historical Examples of oozy
He rose to his feet, sinking almost to the top of his boots in the oozy slime.
Mistress WildingRafael Sabatini
The base of it lay in a definite hollow, reed-grown and oozy.
The Twins of Suffering CreekRidgwell Cullum
Again and again he struggled furiously to escape from the oozy quagmire.
The Camp in the SnowWilliam Murray Graydon
But it is here, by this oozy margin, that they find the clay to frame their dwellings.
In the West CountryFrancis A. Knight
When it was almost as deep as his boot tops he got stuck in the oozy, mucky mud.
My Father's DragonRuth Stiles Gannett
oozy
1- moist or dripping
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oozy
2- of, resembling, or containing mud; slimy
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Word Origin and History for oozy
Old English wosig "juicy, moist" (see ooze (v.)). Related: Ooziness.
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