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Spongy

//ˈspʌnd͡ʒi// adj, slang

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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

Etymology

From spong(e) + -y.

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