verb
General Slang
Slooshy
/ˈsluːʃi/ · verb · slang
Nadsat for to hear or listen, from the Russian 'slushat'.
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Definitions
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In Nadsat, to slooshy is to hear or to listen. Source word: Russian 'slushat' (слушать), 'to listen'.
“Alex loves to slooshy his beloved classical music, especially Beethoven.”
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Paired with 'viddy' (to see), it gives Nadsat a tidy sensory vocabulary.
“He could viddy and slooshy everything from his hiding spot.”
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Used for both passive hearing and deliberate listening, as context demands.
“Did you slooshy what the veck just said?”
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Slooshy In A Sentence
Slooshy this tune, it is real horrorshow.
I slooshied them plotting from the next room.
Sit and slooshy, and you learn a great deal.
Origin & Usage
Coined by Burgess in A Clockwork Orange (1962) from the Russian 'slushat', 'to listen'. Alex's love of music makes 'slooshy' one of the warmer-feeling Nadsat verbs.
People Also Ask
What does slooshy mean?
To slooshy is Nadsat for to hear or listen, from the Russian 'slushat'.
How is slooshy related to viddy?
Slooshy (to hear) and viddy (to see) are the paired sensory verbs of Nadsat.
Where did slooshy come from?
Anthony Burgess coined it for A Clockwork Orange in 1962 from the Russian verb 'slushat'.
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