as in muddy
full of or covered with soft wet earth
lost a shoe in the oozy field
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Eating one right after it’s stacked ensures that the cheese stays melty, the egg oozy and the bread toasty-crisp yet soft.
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Genevieve Ko, New York Times, 20 May 2024
Think of it as Action painting’s evil twin: creation as slow, oozy accumulation.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
Once the eggs go in, be sure to keep the flame low and keep the pan covered while cooking, so the eggs stay soft and almost oozy at their yolk, and the cotija melts a bit.
—Emily Weinstein, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
The volcanic systems on Reykjanes tend to produce oozy, low-gas lava flows with very little ash.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
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Genevieve Ko, New York Times, 20 May 2024
Think of it as Action painting’s evil twin: creation as slow, oozy accumulation.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
Once the eggs go in, be sure to keep the flame low and keep the pan covered while cooking, so the eggs stay soft and almost oozy at their yolk, and the cotija melts a bit.
—Emily Weinstein, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
The volcanic systems on Reykjanes tend to produce oozy, low-gas lava flows with very little ash.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
See All Example Sentences for oozy
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“Oozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oozy. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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