🇬🇧 Slimy meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Slimy means feeling wet, slippery, and kind of yucky or icky, like a slug, a snail’s trail, or gooey mud that squishes between your toes.

My dog found a puddle and came home wearing a fancy coat of slimy brown mud.

The cafeteria’s mystery soup was so slimy that even the spoon refused to go in.

I shook my brother’s hand and screamed because his fingers were covered in slimy spaghetti sauce.

My soap fell into the bathtub and came back so slimy it kept escaping from my hands like it was alive.

Slugs are some of the slimiest animals on Earth—their slimy mucus helps them move, stick to things, and even protects their soft bodies from drying out.

At dusk, Tom stepped into the garden pond and gasped when a slimy frog climbed his shoe. He touched a slimy leaf, then felt slimy mud squish between his toes. A slimy stone slid from his slimy hand; he laughed, scrubbed his hands clean, and promised to wear boots next time.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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