gooeyadj.

1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands xiii. 165 Half ther 'ouses in town 'ud give er gooey iv that sort er billet rather 'n' take on er lad with er tizzy's worth iv grit in him.

1919 Quill Feb. 16 We may briefly state that there are three principal schools of dunking; viz., in hot liquids, in cold liquids, and in gooey substances.

1923 H. L. Foster Beachcomber in Orient i. 9 She..extracted a gooey substance from a tube of tinfoil and smeared it with a stick upon the bowls.

1929 Papers Michigan Acad. Sci., Arts & Lett. 10 296 Gooey, hash.

1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves v. 121 Plenty of chocolates with that goo-ey, slithery stuff in the middle.

1935 N. Mitchison We have been Warned ii. 208 You'd look all goo-ey and jumpy about your Dione and give the show away.

1944 L. A. G. Strong All fall Down 102 You ought to see those letters. All intense and gooey and squarmy.

1948 R. A. Knox Mass in Slow Motion i. 3 What you mean by a dance is the wireless in the hall playing revolting stuff and you lounging round in pairs and feeling all gooey.

1959 Manch. Guardian 24 June 6/2 I never see you without something gooey in your hands or your mouths.

1971 News of World 21 Nov. 4/4 ‘Mmmmm, lovely,’ she sighed as she tucked into calorie-laden hors d'oeuvres, fattening spaghetti, and an enormous plateful of gooey chocolate gateau.