as in muddy
full of or covered with soft wet earth
please remove your slimy boots before coming into the house
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Recent Examples of slimy
Holding a Sonoran Desert toad and squeezing the slimy glands on its head to extract its toxic secretions is a strange experience.
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Christopher Timmermann, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Indeed, sometimes following this treatment, the plant will send out a slimy ooze from the cut stump — all to the glee of the observing gardener.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
Gnat infestations at a Pei Wei in Arlington, moldy black beans at a Richland Hills Chuy’s and slimy mold in a soda machine at Burritos Krayzi’s #2 in Hurst are just a glimpse into what health inspectors reported last month.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2025
Nonetheless, the show’s premiere provides the perfect moment to map out the slimy, menacing world of Ellen Ripley and company in their epic battle against one of the galaxy’s fiercest creatures.
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
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Christopher Timmermann, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Indeed, sometimes following this treatment, the plant will send out a slimy ooze from the cut stump — all to the glee of the observing gardener.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
Gnat infestations at a Pei Wei in Arlington, moldy black beans at a Richland Hills Chuy’s and slimy mold in a soda machine at Burritos Krayzi’s #2 in Hurst are just a glimpse into what health inspectors reported last month.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2025
Nonetheless, the show’s premiere provides the perfect moment to map out the slimy, menacing world of Ellen Ripley and company in their epic battle against one of the galaxy’s fiercest creatures.
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slimy
muddy
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On a recent morning, sweaty workers unloaded cargo boats by hand, carrying crates of beer, sacks of rice, and bags of flour on their shoulders 100 yards up the muddy riverbank to trucks waiting on the wharf.—
John Otis,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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In 1943, when the Mississippi tore away from its banks and charted a fierce and muddy course across America’s central farmlands, Gerard’s grandfather, Harold Gerard, had already fled the waters once.—
Julia Rendleman,
ProPublica,
5 Sep. 2025
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