gooier; gooiest
1
informal
: soft, wet, and sticky
a gooey mess
With its warm, gooey goodness, this dessert will bring bananas Foster to mind.—
Lillian Chou
Lillian ChouResearchers in Japan have extracted a new, gooey, and potentially useful protein from the bodies of jellyfish.—S. Webb
S. WebbThe order might also include poutine, the gooey mass of French fries smothered in gravy and melted cheese curds that is now beginning to win fans and clog arteries outside Quebec.—Charles Boberg
Charles Boberg2
informal
: excessively sweet or sentimental : cloying
gooey sentimentality
a gooey romance
Compared with the hardscrabble mountain and mill-town tale of the father, the soft-edged suburban narrative of the stepson and Bragg's relationship with him feels gooey and romanticized.—Christopher Dickey
Christopher Dickey
gooeyness
noun
informal
Ads for food in all of its present-day forms abound in glorious color—from the crackle and crunch of fast-food fried chicken to the gooeyness of a pizza's cheese …
—Judith Crist
Judith Crist
I rejoice in a children's film that avoids gooeyness …
—Richard Alleva
Richard Alleva
Examples of gooey in a Sentence
things get especially gooey during the scene in which the lovers are reunited at long last
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Next month, Cinnabon is opening a first-of-its-kind location with sister brand Carvel that mashes up Cinnabon’s hot and gooey cinnamon rolls with Carvel’s ice creams for a selection of desserts.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
The secret to this fantastic recipe is pockets of bursting, gooey cheese in every bite.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
Scientist Richard Arnott told National Geographic that the fish only looks so gooey because of rapid depressurization when its brought to the surface.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Sean Payton, bless him, possesses all the gooey nostalgia of a starving polar bear.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2025
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
The secret to this fantastic recipe is pockets of bursting, gooey cheese in every bite.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
Scientist Richard Arnott told National Geographic that the fish only looks so gooey because of rapid depressurization when its brought to the surface.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Sean Payton, bless him, possesses all the gooey nostalgia of a starving polar bear.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Gooey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gooey. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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