slime

American  

[slahym] / slaɪm /

noun

1. thin, glutinous mud.

2. any ropy or viscous liquid matter, especially of a foul kind.

3. a viscous secretion of animal or vegetable origin.

4. Also called slimeball.  Slang. a repulsive or despicable person.

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verb (used with object)

slimed, sliming

1. to cover or smear with or as if with slime.

2. to remove slime from, as fish for canning.

slime British  

/ slaɪm /

noun

1. soft thin runny mud or filth

2. any moist viscous fluid, esp when noxious or unpleasant

3. a mucous substance produced by various organisms, such as fish, slugs, and fungi

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verb

1. to cover with slime

2. to remove slime from (fish) before canning

slime Scientific  

/ slīm /

1. A slippery or sticky mucous substance secreted by certain animals, such as slugs or snails.

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Usage

What else does slime mean? What’s up, slime? Slime is slang for a (usually male) "friend," often used as a term of address, like dude or bro.

Etymology

Origin of slime

before 1000; Middle English slyme, Old English slīm; cognate with Dutch slijm, German Schleim, Old Norse slīm

Example Sentences

“She’s got her a nice pond past the grove,” Glenn said, “caked with slime and full of frogs. They make real good eating. The legs does.”

From Literature

In fact, everything about him seemed to be rotting: from his empty, festering eye socket to his toothless black gums, and his shattered nose, from which hung a loop of greenish-yellow slime.

From Literature

Traveler’s character was ahead of mine, firing arrows at a slime monster.

From Literature

But now its four walls were made of rock, dripping with water and slime.

From Literature

There are close-ups of hands kneading dough, a snail sliming its way up a window and Cathy prodding a jellied fish with her finger.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• goo
• gunk
• mucus
• mud
• sludge