1
: soft moist earth or clay
especially
: viscous mud
2
: a viscous, glutinous, or gelatinous substance: such as
a
: a mucous or mucoid secretion of various animals (such as slugs and catfishes)
b
: a product of wet crushing consisting of ore ground so fine as to pass a 200-mesh screen
3
US, informal
: a morally repulsive or odious person
slimed; sliming
1
: to smear or cover with slime
2
: to remove slime from (something, such as fish for canning)
: to become slimy
Examples of slime in a Sentence
Noun
Green slime covers the surface of the pond.
She thinks men are slime.
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Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Oaks, dogwoods, and maples over 12 inches in diameter are trees most often affected by slime flux.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Its Club Nick kids club is a supervised program for children ages four to 12, and non-motorized water sports and the opportunity to get slimed (the ultimate Nickelodeon honor) will keep everyone smiling.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Those who predicted a doomed future for all of humanity called us addicts and criminals, leeches and slime (and way worse things) because we were detested, shouted at, dragged by our arms across bedrooms and public sporting events.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Oaks, dogwoods, and maples over 12 inches in diameter are trees most often affected by slime flux.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
Instead, in a playoff game that featured a kids-centric broadcast on Nickelodeon, the Bears got slimed.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Its Club Nick kids club is a supervised program for children ages four to 12, and non-motorized water sports and the opportunity to get slimed (the ultimate Nickelodeon honor) will keep everyone smiling.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Slime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slime. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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