gooey
like or covered with goo; sticky; viscid.
Informal. extremely sentimental or emotionally effusive.
Origin of gooey
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How to use gooey in a sentence
The way the cookie turns “soft and gooey” when dunked in milk or water did appeal to one taster, who said, “I can dig it.”
Who makes the best chocolate chip cookie? We tasted 14 top brands and ranked them. | Matt Brooks | December 4, 2020 | Washington PostThey were rolled in sugar, chewy on the inside, crunchy around the edges, and studded with gooey chocolate kisses.
Tahini stands in for peanut butter in these nostalgic sesame blossoms | Kathryn Pauline | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostA few years ago my mom switched from the recipe on the back of a Hershey’s chip bag to this one from Smitten Kitchen, which has far fewer ingredients and really ups the gooey, fudgy factor.
The Best Holiday Cookie Recipes, According to Eater Editors | Meghan McCarron | November 30, 2020 | EaterHow many times have you sat down to a meal with a friend and suggested ordering, oh, I don’t know—say a gooey, delicious pizza—only to be told by your dining companion that he or she is “trying to eat less dairy.”
Impossible Foods Wants to Make Milk That’s Creamy, Tasty, and Totally Cow-Free | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | October 25, 2020 | Singularity HubThat protein is needed to form the fondue’s gooey structure and also to hold onto all of the cheese’s delicious butterfat.
The scientific way to make perfectly creamy fondue | By Pat Polowsky/Saveur | October 2, 2020 | Popular-Science
Waiters hoisting massive, gooey hazelnut dacquoise cakes spoon-feed the dancing guests encircling the stage.
Never mind that what I was being offered was thick, black, and gooey, like the dude had just dipped a spoon into bike grease.
Hey Buddy, Wanna Dab? Inside The Mainstream Explosion of Cannabis Concentrates | Valerie Vande Panne | December 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST“It was so awful and sentimental and gooey,” he told The Hollywood Reporter.
Jim Carrey’s Rant Against ‘Kick-Ass 2’ and 13 Other Stars Who Hate Their Own Films | Marlow Stern | June 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTInside it is soft and gooey but someday it will grow into something wonderful.
A stuntman in a fire suit, gooey with fire repellant, naturally.
As for Mabel, she was one of them gushy, goo-gooey kind of girls, and she was as struck with the shebang as her dad.
Cape Cod Stories | Joseph C. LincolnShe started to come unglued again but stopped the dissolving process just before the wet and gooey stage set in.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver SmithWe used to write gooey love letters to each other saying how much we missed each other.
The Biography of a Rabbit | Roy BensonAll juicy or "gooey" fruits or cakes are best eaten with a fork, but in most cases it is a matter of dexterity.
Etiquette | Emily PostRather sit still and suck up that green gooey than do anything.
The Onslaught from Rigel | Fletcher Pratt
British Dictionary definitions for gooey
/ (ˈɡuːɪ) /
sticky, soft, and often sweet
oversweet and sentimental
Derived forms of gooey
- gooily, adverb
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