GOOEY
What does "GOOEY" mean?
Soft, sticky, and semi-liquid in texture.
Meanings
- Having a soft, thick, sticky consistency. The center of the brownie was warm and gooey. informal
- Excessively sentimental or mawkish. The card got a little gooey toward the end. figurative
Word origin
From 'goo', a 19th-century American word of uncertain origin (possibly imitative of a sticky sound), plus the adjectival '-ey' suffix.
Remember it
GOOEY: double-O for the puddle of goo, and the 'EY' is your fingers pulling apart in a sticky string.
A little poem
Pull the warm slice up-
a long, slow, glistening thread
snaps and licks my thumb.
haiku
Wordplay
- I asked the programmer if the dessert was gooey. He said yes, but he prefers the command line.
What it teaches
The best parts of things and people are usually the soft ones that won't hold their shape.
Quick facts
What does GOOEY mean?
Soft, sticky, and semi-liquid in texture.
Is GOOEY a valid word?
Yes — GOOEY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GOOEY?
GOOEY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does GOOEY come from?
From 'goo', a 19th-century American word of uncertain origin (possibly imitative of a sticky sound), plus the adjectival '-ey' suffix.
What can GOOEY teach us?
The best parts of things and people are usually the soft ones that won't hold their shape.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.