gooey

«gooey» in Mova's school dictionary: Soft, sticky and wet: gooey chocolate cake — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (gooey, gooier, gooiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Soft, sticky and wet: gooey chocolate cake. tree →

2) (informal) Too sweet and sentimental, full of soppy feelings: a gooey love song. tree →

sense in the lessons

In cooking and everyday life «gooey» is a happy word for melted cheese, brownies and marshmallows. In science it describes sticky substances like slime and glue. In stories it can describe something icky, or soppy romantic moments. Phrases: gooey brownies, gooey slime, go all gooey.

examples

• The brownies were warm and gooey in the middle. tree →
• My hands got gooey making slime. tree →
• The pizza had gooey melted cheese. tree →
• Gran went all gooey when she saw the puppy. tree →
• Toasted marshmallows are gooey inside. tree →
• The film was too gooey for my brother. tree →

note

Comparative: gooier, gooiest (y → i). From «goo», a sticky substance. Similar: sticky, squishy. «Go all gooey» (informal) means to become soft and emotional.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gooey» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.