Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Containing or resembling ooze; containing soft mud; miry.
  • Oozing; trickling; dripping.

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

  • adjective Miry; containing soft mud; resembling ooze.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the quality of something that oozes.

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

  • adjective leaking out slowly

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Examples

  • As a contrast, I follow them up with Nigella's Finger Lickin' Ribs, from her book Feast, a deliberately quick recipe designed, apparently, for eating "oozy and sticky" in bed, which cooks at 200C for an hour.

    How to cook perfect barbecue ribs 2011

  • As a contrast, I follow them up with Nigella's Finger Lickin' Ribs, from her book Feast, a deliberately quick recipe designed, apparently, for eating "oozy and sticky" in bed, which cooks at 200C for an hour.

    How to cook perfect barbecue ribs 2011

  • Here, he calls for Carnaroli brand rice because, when combined with the reduced tomato juice and parmesan cheese, a tight but slightly oozy viscosity is produced.

    Early Summer Tomato Risotto Kitty Greenwald 2011

  • Chocolate lava cakes, also known as molten-center chocolate cakes, are known for their oozy richness.

    Bites from other Blogs | Baking Bites 2009

  • As she says, digging in and finding a well of oozy gruyère is a real treat.

    How to cook perfect cheese soufflé 2011

  • His eyes were gone, his face, too—just cracked bark over oozy muscle.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • His eyes were gone, his face, too—just cracked bark over oozy muscle.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • His eyes were gone, his face, too—just cracked bark over oozy muscle.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • His eyes were gone, his face, too—just cracked bark over oozy muscle.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • The group's sophomore effort, "Dye It Blonde," landed in January and currently stands as the year's best rock album - a marvelous, glittery, glam-rock suite teeming with dreamy melodies and oozy guitar riffs worthy of T.

    Smith Westerns' sparkling style falls short onstage at Rock & Roll Hotel 2011

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