sliming
SaySLY-ming/ˈslaɪmɪŋ/
Noun pluralslimings
Pluralslimings
- 1Present participle and gerund of slime. Use it after "is" or "are," or to talk about doing the action.
A snail is sliming its way across the garden path.
The workers spent the morning sliming fish at the dock.
Note
- 2Covering someone or something with slime, or one time that it happens.
The game show ended with a sliming of the losing team.
The snails' sliming of the window left long, shiny marks.
- 3Saying nasty things about someone to make other people think badly of them.
The sliming of the new coach started before his first game.
She was hurt by the online sliming after her speech.
Similarsmear, smearing, vilification
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sliming is a form of slime
slime, verb: To make something wet and sticky with slime. Full entry
- Spelling
- slime → sliming: drop the e, add -ing
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