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ooey-gooey

ooey-gooey adjective: gooey; sticky.

Adjective

ooey-gooey (comparative more ooey-gooey, superlative most ooey-gooey)

  1. (childish, informal) gooey; sticky
    • Ooey-gooey stuff. Whipped cream, guacamole, chocolate sauce, maple syrup, potato salad, cottage cheese, fruit salad, jello, pies. He'd even mix cake batter and pour it on me.2010, H. A. Carson, A Roaring Girl, page 105
    • Purple ones, green ones, ooey-gooey ones—all kinds of nasty monsters!2011, Allen H. Weg, OCD Treatment Through Storytelling, page 34
  2. (informal) sentimental; mawkish

Forms of ooey-gooey

comparativemore ooey-gooey
superlativemost ooey-gooey

Origin of ooey-gooey

Reduplication of gooey.

Questions about ooey-gooey

What does ooey-gooey mean?
Ooey-gooey means gooey; sticky.
What part of speech is ooey-gooey?
Ooey-gooey is an adjective.

Words near ooey-gooey in the dictionary

  1. oodlins
  2. ooecia
  3. ooecial
  4. ooecium
  5. ooer
  6. ooey-gooey
  7. oof
  8. oof-bird
  9. oof-birds
  10. oofamilies
  11. oofamily

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