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slime

  [slahym] noun, verb, slimed, slim⋅ing.
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–noun
1. thin, glutinous mud.
2. any ropy or viscous liquid matter, esp. 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)
5. to cover or smear with or as if with slime.
6. to remove slime from, as fish for canning.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME slyme, OE slīm; c. D slijm, G Schleim, ON slīm
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slime   (slīm)   
n.  

  1. A thick sticky slippery substance.

  2. Biology A mucous substance secreted by certain animals, such as catfishes and slugs.

  3. Soft moist earth; mud.

  4. A slurry containing very fine particulate matter.

  5. Vile or disgusting matter.

  6. Slang A despicable or repulsive person.

tr.v.   slimed, slim·ing, slimes

  1. To smear with slime.

  2. To remove slime from (fish to be canned, for example).


[Middle English, from Old English slīm; see lei- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
slime

  1. n.
    a worthless person; a low and wretched person. : What a slime that guy is!
  2. n.
    degrading matters; corrupt people or situations. : I don't want to be involved in slime like that.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

slime 
O.E. slim "slime," from P.Gmc. *slimaz (cf. O.N. slim, O.Fris. slym, Du. slijm, Ger. Schleim "slime"), probably related to O.E. lim "sticky substance," from PIE base *(s)lei- "slime, slimy, sticky, slippery" (cf. Rus. slimak "snail;" O.C.S. slina "spittle;" O.Ir. sligim "to smear;" Welsh llyfn "smooth;" Gk. leimax "snail," limne "marsh, pool, lake;" L. limus "slime, mud, mire," linere "to daub, besmear, rub out, erase;" see lime (1)). The verb meaning "to cover with slime" is recorded from 1628. The figurative sense of slimy as "morally repulsive" is first attested 1575.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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