Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That which oozes; ooze.
  • noun A slow spring.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective leaking out slowly.

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  • verb Present participle of ooze.
  • noun Something that oozes; a seepage.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the process of seeping
  • adjective leaking out slowly

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Examples

  • If you look closely at the picture of Caribou Barbie, you can see her brain oozing out from her ear.

    Palin gets tough on Obama's health care proposals 2009

  • I picture Same and the ‘Brave’ occupying the same unfinished basement: cement flaking and the old forgotten canned goods oozing from the seams. dbadass has proven himself, time and again.

    Think Progress » Fox News commentator Geraldo Rivera criticizes Bret Baier’s Obama interview. 2010

  • Eczema is also used to describe nonallergic skin disorders that are characterized by oozing, scaling, and itchiness, which we call contact dermatitis.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • Eczema is also used to describe nonallergic skin disorders that are characterized by oozing, scaling, and itchiness, which we call contact dermatitis.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • I hear the Obamafanatics stomp their feet about racism oozing from the campaign and I say, yes, yes there was.

    Thoughts on Obama clinching the nomination 2008

  • I hear the Obamafanatics stomp their feet about racism oozing from the campaign and I say, yes, yes there was.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • Eczema is also used to describe nonallergic skin disorders that are characterized by oozing, scaling, and itchiness, which we call contact dermatitis.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • Oh yes, the confidence is just oozing from the bulkheads now!

    A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2008

  • Eczema is also used to describe nonallergic skin disorders that are characterized by oozing, scaling, and itchiness, which we call contact dermatitis.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • I can see your swollen black eye, the blood oozing from the wound on your forehead.

    EPIC TALE 2007

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  • Oozin' fo' a broozin'.

    January 9, 2009

  • My adjectival use: 'The nurse treated the oozing wound.'

    August 23, 2011

  • The world, Lula was thinking, is oozing, teeming, crawling with miracles. And we live in the opaque plastic bubble of television and booze. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.

    March 18, 2012