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slime

[ slahym ]

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 slime·ball [slahym, -bawl]. Slang. a repulsive or despicable person.


verb (used with object)

, slimed, slim·ing.
  1. to cover or smear with or as if with slime.
  2. to remove slime from, as fish for canning.

slime

/ 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


verb

  1. to cover with slime
  2. to remove slime from (fish) before canning

slime

/ slīm /

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of slime1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of slime1

Old English slīm; related to Old Norse slīm, Old High German slīmen to smooth, Russian slimák snail, Latin līmax snail

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Example Sentences

The pair riff on pink slime, the New World Order, and even the War on Christmas™.

Or hear stories about something called “pink slime” infiltrating their Quarter Pounders.

Because the movement of the giant vessel was so slow, the only way to mark the rotation was by watching the slime line rise.

The Consumerist declared that a “new circle in hell” had opened for these “slime.”

A GOP professional laments the “slime and dirt and muck attached not only to the two candidates but also to the party itself.”

Edna looked at her feet, and noticed the sand and slime between her brown toes.

The greasy surface, dotted here and there with specks of vegetable, resembles a pool of stagnant water covered with green slime.

So she leant over—down, nearer, closer, until her fingers curved over the stone amid the moisture and green slime.

Not far distant Winton lay stretched along a fir-shadowed rock, the slime-green base of which was washed by the lipping waves.

They were slippery with river slime and the light boat climbed up on them, driving them down under the water.

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