noun / verb
slime
SLYME/slaɪm/
A slippery sticky mass.
Thick slime coats the stones with a slippery layer.
Etymology
Old English slim meant “soft mud.” The meaning broadened from muddy material to substances with a similarly thick, slippery or sticky consistency.
In context
there came a great deluge of liquid. A hogshead of it had been tilted from the battlement until soldiers, bridge, and ram were equally drenched in yellow slime.
More examples
- She wipes the slime off the shower curtain.
- The children stretch homemade slime between their fingers.
- The kids slimed each other with green goo.
Forms
slime · slimes · slimed · sliming
slimy adjective — Covered with or resembling slippery goo.
Similar words
- goo
- Emphasizes stickiness and thickness rather than a slippery feel.
- sludge
- Usually refers to thick, wet mud or sediment.