# slime

Pronunciation: say "SLYM" /slaɪm/

## Noun

1. Any thick, slippery, or sticky matter, such as mucus, the film slugs and snails leave, or wet mud.
   - Simple: A thick, slippery or sticky substance, such as wet mud or the trail slugs leave.
   - _Slugs glide on a layer of slime that also protects their soft bodies._
   - _A slick coat of slime covered the inside of the neglected fish tank._
2. A kind of soft, rubbery polymer, also known as flubber.
   - Simple: Soft, rubbery stuff that you can stretch and squeeze.
   - _The science teacher had students mix glue and borax into slime to study how polymers behave._
   - _Toy stores now sell slimes in glitter, glow-in-the-dark, and scented versions._
3. A monster in the form of a slimy blob, found in fantasy stories and games.
   - Simple: A monster in games that looks like a wet, wobbly blob.
   - _Early in the game, players gain experience by fighting slimes outside the starting town._
   - _The dungeon's boss was a giant slime that swallowed weaker monsters whole._
4. A sneaky, dishonest person with no scruples. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A sneaky person who does bad or unfair things.
   - _Only a slime would cheat his own grandmother out of her savings._
   - _The tabloid hired some slime to dig through the actor's trash._
9. A friend, especially a close one; a homie. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A close friend.
   - _That's my slime right there; we've had each other's backs since sixth grade._
   - _She trusts her slimes more than anyone in her family._

## Verb

5. To coat something with slime.
   - Simple: To make something wet and sticky with slime.
   - _The producers slimed the losing contestant with buckets of green goo._
   - _Snails will slime every leaf they crawl across._
6. To smear someone's reputation or speak of them with contempt.
   - Simple: To say bad things about someone to make others think badly of them.
   - _Political operatives spent millions sliming the senator as a crook._
   - _She refused to slime her rival, even when the race got close._
7. To behave in a slimy, dishonest, unethical way.
   - Simple: To act in a sneaky, dishonest way.
   - _Lobbyists slimed through the halls of the capitol, trading favors for votes._
   - _She watched him slime around the investors, promising returns he could never deliver._
8. To ooze or slide along in the manner of slime.
   - Simple: To move slowly and wetly, the way slime does.
   - _Cold gravy slimed across the plate as the tray tilted._
   - _Creatures in the old horror film slime under doors and through air vents._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To murder someone.
- (verb) To cut fish open and remove their guts.
- (noun) Human flesh, regarded with contempt; the merely human form.

## Origin

Proto-Indo-European *sley- ("smooth, slick, sticky") is the source of Proto-Germanic *slīmą, which gave Old English slīm and Middle English slime. German Schleim ("mucus, slime") and Latin limus ("mud") are related.

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