1
: soft moist earth or clay
especially
: viscous mud
2
: a viscous, glutinous, or gelatinous substance: such as
a
: a mucous or mucoid secretion of various animals (such as slugs and catfishes)
b
: a product of wet crushing consisting of ore ground so fine as to pass a 200-mesh screen
3
US, informal
: a morally repulsive or odious person
slimed; sliming
1
: to smear or cover with slime
2
: to remove slime from (something, such as fish for canning)
: to become slimy
Examples of slime in a Sentence
Noun
Green slime covers the surface of the pond.
She thinks men are slime.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
Frequency Shift is pulled directly from Ghostbusters 2, where pink slime gunks up the gears of the facility and must be cleared before antennae can be restored.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2025
Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
This time around, immigration officials and the Trump White House have insisted Abrego Garcia deserved his fate, sliming him as a terrorist and MS-13 member despite no evidence to back up their assertions.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
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Noun
The film also dedicates a special place to an enchanted snail that emits a blue slime with magical powers to open paths and see the future.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
Frequency Shift is pulled directly from Ghostbusters 2, where pink slime gunks up the gears of the facility and must be cleared before antennae can be restored.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2025
Verb
Obviously, celebrities always seem really game to get slimed.
—Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
This time around, immigration officials and the Trump White House have insisted Abrego Garcia deserved his fate, sliming him as a terrorist and MS-13 member despite no evidence to back up their assertions.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for slime
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“Slime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slime. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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