soup·y

[soo-pee]
adjective, soup·i·er, soup·i·est.
1.
resembling soup in consistency: soupy oatmeal.
2.
very thick; dense: a soupy fog.
3.
Informal. overly sentimental; mawkish: soupy love scenes.

Origin:
1870–75; soup + -y1

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soupy (ˈsuːpɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , soupier, soupiest
1.  having the appearance or consistency of soup
2.  informal chiefly (US), (Canadian) emotional or sentimental

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soupy definition

[ˈsupi]
  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated; drunk and vomiting. : These young kids tend to get soupy rather than pass out.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Sea ice often begins as grease ice, a soupy slick of tiny ice crystals on the
  ocean's surface.
Plankton blooms can also occur, damaging the appearance of your pond by making
  it a soupy, green color.
Then it turned, and the soupy detritus was sucked out to the sea-leaving only a
  uniform residue of crushed pieces.
The resulting soupy mixture is the eaten with bread or rice.
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