Globby

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterised by globs or lumps.

    "2012, Diane, Carbonell, 150 Pounds Gone Forever: How I Lost Half My Size and You Can Too And the beautiful smooth shiny frosting was now a globby mess, as I unsuccessfully tried to resmooth it into the gap where the missing brownies had been. The more I moved the frosting around, the worse it looked."

Example

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"2012, Diane, Carbonell, 150 Pounds Gone Forever: How I Lost Half My Size and You Can Too And the beautiful smooth shiny frosting was now a globby mess, as I unsuccessfully tried to resmooth it into the gap where the missing brownies had been. The more I moved the frosting around, the worse it looked."

Etymology

From glob + -y.

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