squidgy
/ˈskwɪdʒi/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈskwɪdʒi/
squidgy
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
squid - gy -> squidgy
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘The sand was dotted with saucer - sized jellyfish, rocks and pools are squidgy with jelly buttons encrusted with limpets, barnacles and winkles and are seedbeds for mussels.’
- ‘Renault especially - aargh, I'm mentioning it again - gives us light, breezy interiors, squidgy seats and a floaty ride.’
- ‘The risotto had the perfect balance between the liquid and the solid, was made with top grade stock and was packed with squidgy chunks of field mushrooms.’
- ‘The gearbox has a squidgy consistency that makes gear shifts feel like stirring congealed rice pudding.’
- ‘The frittata roll is also divine: a squidgy herby omelette sitting between two slabs of bread or in a roll is the stuff of dreams.’
- ‘Unless you like that squidgy sensation between the toes, this is not a place to go barefoot in the park.’
- ‘On Tuesday it was 3 dishes, one of which was meat, so I wouldn't eat it, and the other was a bowl of soup with squidgy white things, spring onion and balls of grey.’
- ‘If you wear contact lenses (I do) you may know what I mean in that after a day of microscopic dust infiltration, it feels as though a tiny, teeny, squidgy little demon is sticking teeny weeny little pins in your pupils.’
- ‘‘I'm melting some for your treatment mask, ’ said Julie, pointing to a fondue-like set in which some dark, Swiss chocolate was slowly turning into soft, squidgy brown goo.’
- ‘Many leisure centres organise soft play sessions with large squidgy shapes, ball ponds and mini slides.’
- ‘It's one of those days today, you know the ones, those where despite every effort that squidgy thing inside of our skull just doesn't want to operate at anything like normal speed where blogging is concerned.’
- ‘I am of course referring to the weird squidgy jelly bit that comes between the pastry and meat.’
- ‘Anyway, Marty was wearing this hideous pale paisley shirt which looked awful on his squidgy pasty skin, and also revealed he has chest hair, which made his smooth, hair-free head look even more freaky.’
- ‘Drizzle the lot with olive oil, scatter with sea salt, pepper, dried oregano and Parmesan, and bake for ten minutes or until the pancetta is crisp, the cheese melting and the tomatoes squidgy.’
- ‘It was proper chocolate cake: of the dark and devilish variety, and was suitably squidgy without resembling mousse or turning into mulch at the touch.’
- ‘The pizza bases are crisp and squidgy at the same time, a combination I've rarely experienced outside Italy.’
- ‘Nigella says: ‘The cake will still be a bit squidgy inside, so an inserted cake-tester or skewer won't come out completely clean.’’
- ‘It is the season: medium oven, baste with olive oil and water, put some fresh thyme underneath, after one hour express the squidgy contents on to fresh rolls.’
- ‘We have little room left for the dessert - another squidgy bun, this time containing sweetened red beans.’
- ‘Carve thinly and serve with the onion quarters and garlic bits, which will be dark and squidgy.’
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