Meaning & use
gooey
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Soft, sticky, and semi-liquid in texture.
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The brownies came out of the oven wonderfully gooey in the middle.
His shoes got stuck in the gooey mud after the rainstorm.
A note on using this word
Mostly used informally to describe food, mud, or other sticky substances; can also describe overly sentimental behavior, as in "gooey affection."
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drysolid
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