1
: soft moist earth or clay
especially
: viscous mud
2
: a viscous, glutinous, or gelatinous substance: such as
a
: a mucous or mucoid secretion of various animals (such as slugs and catfishes)
b
: a product of wet crushing consisting of ore ground so fine as to pass a 200-mesh screen
3
US, informal
: a morally repulsive or odious person
slimed; sliming
1
: to smear or cover with slime
2
: to remove slime from (something, such as fish for canning)
: to become slimy
Examples of slime in a Sentence
Noun
Green slime covers the surface of the pond.
She thinks men are slime.
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David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
This is possible because the L3 larvae are present in mollusk slime.
—Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2025
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
The mother-daughter duo is also seen playing pool, walking down a hallway and getting slimed together.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
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Noun
While Moreno often slides neatly into the slithering slime of his character’s underbelly, his tart turn as the pithy mayor is loaded with side-eyed sketch.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
This is possible because the L3 larvae are present in mollusk slime.
—Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
This time around, immigration officials and the Trump White House have insisted Abrego Garcia deserved his fate, sliming him as a terrorist and MS-13 member despite no evidence to back up their assertions.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
The mother-daughter duo is also seen playing pool, walking down a hallway and getting slimed together.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Slime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slime. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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