slime /slaɪm/noun 9verb 7forms 3phrases 1 noun9 •Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.As it [the Nile] ebbs, the seedsman / Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. — 1606 •Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.You should rub your Teeth and whole Mouth and Gums, the Pallate and Tongue, with a clean course cloth, rubbing off the slime which groweth upon them in the night. — 1680 •(informal, offensive) A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball."What about that, you slime?" — 1980 •A monster having the form of a slimy blob.This is a nameless blue slime, drawn by Chris Hildenbrand, for a role playing game (RPG) that was never released. — 2006 •Synonym of flubber (“kind of rubbery polymer”). •(slang, vulgar) Semen. •(slang) A friend; a homie. •(no longer used) Jew’s slime (bitumen).And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. — 1611 •(figurative, no longer used) Human flesh, seen disparagingly; mere human form.[…] th'eternall Lord in fleshly slime / Enwombed was, from wretched Adams line / To purge away the guilt of sinfull crime […] — 1590 verb7 •To coat with slime.Missy gave a low, snuffly bark and butted my hand, effectively sliming it. — 2014 •(Singapore) To denigrate or slander. •(figurative) To besmirch or disparage. •(figurative) To behave in a slimy, unethical manner. •To move like slime. •To carve (fish), removing the offal.If so, this job was better than sliming salmon any day. — 1999 •(slang) To murder. formsslimed · sliming · slimes Phrases with slime slime outTo kill.
