adj, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.

   "spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones"

2. 2
   Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.

   "Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims, Which spongy April at thy hest betrims,"

3. 3
   Drunk. slang

Adjective

1. 1
   like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed wordnet
2. 2
   easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

spongelikesquashylashmellowabsorbentadsorbent

Antonyms

All antonyms

hardsober

Example

More examples

"Oooh, sick! What is that stuff? It's all spongy."

Etymology

From spong(e) + -y.

Related phrases

spongy bodyspongy leadspongy mothspongy platinum

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