as in muddy
full of or covered with soft wet earth
lost a shoe in the oozy field
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In this salad, peppery arugula, an oozy, creamy burrata and crunchy pistachios balance and enhance the fruit.
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Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
The demon boar attacks Princess Mononoke (1997) Tomm Moore: The opening sequence, with the big forest god covered in the dark oozy stuff, is cut like a crazy action fantasy, like Star Wars or something.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Eating one right after it’s stacked ensures that the cheese stays melty, the egg oozy and the bread toasty-crisp yet soft.
—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
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Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
The demon boar attacks Princess Mononoke (1997) Tomm Moore: The opening sequence, with the big forest god covered in the dark oozy stuff, is cut like a crazy action fantasy, like Star Wars or something.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Eating one right after it’s stacked ensures that the cheese stays melty, the egg oozy and the bread toasty-crisp yet soft.
—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
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“Oozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oozy. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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