spongy /ˈspʌnd͡ʒi/ adjective3 •Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous. •Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims, Which spongy April at thy hest betrims, — 1610 •(slang) Drunk. formsspongier · spongiest