GLUEY


Meaning of GLUEY in English

ˈglüē, -üi adjective

( usually gluier usually gluiest )

Etymology: Middle English gluwy, glewy, from glu, glew glue + -y

1. : having the quality of glue

what we call a colloid, a gluey mass — W.E.Swinton

: resembling or suggestive of glue (as in stickiness or viscous consistency)

he thought how much he would like a beer to wash down the last gob of gluey rice — Earle Birney

: sticky , gummy

2. : daubed, smeared, or covered with glue

a gluey surface

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