swampy

adjective

ˈswäm-pē How to pronounce swampy (audio)
ˈswȯm-
swampier; swampiest
: consisting of, suggestive of, or resembling swamp : marshy
swampiness noun

Examples of swampy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Holland’s Venice Jury Prize-winner derives its name from the swampy forests found at the border between Poland and Belarus, a perilous place where hundreds of migrants — mostly from the Middle East and Africa — try to make their way into the European Union. Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024 Indeed, Miami often seems engaged in a battle against its own wild, swampy environs — a conflict that plays out with growing urgency in the city’s architecture. Alice Newell-Hanson Stefan Ruiz, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024 Clearly, something’s rotten in the swampy state of Texas. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024 His strengths are on full display when the numbers are integrated into the world of the characters, the swing of a hammer or a pick-ax lending a song its rhythm, the wooden planks of a storefront or the bar of a swampy juke joint becoming a dance floor. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2023 Soon after the release of Rags to Rufus, founding member Al Ciner departed the group, as did singer/keyboardist Ron Stockert and bassist Dennis Belfield — the man who gave their biggest hit its swampy groove. Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024 New York City’s SoHo neighborhood has undergone many transformations since being a swampy meadow in the 1700s. Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2024 Our Aviation Unit, equipped with night vision goggles, guided our patrol deputies to a swampy area where the hikers were located and safely escorted back to the entrance of the preserve. Brie Stimson, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2023 The swampy Gulf Coast heat soared as high as 115 degrees Fahrenheit, rewriting records for Houston and New Orleans. WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1649, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of swampy was in 1649

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“Swampy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swampy. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

swampy

adjective
ˈswäm-pē How to pronounce swampy (audio)
ˈswȯm-
swampier; swampiest
: consisting of, relating to, or resembling swamp
swampiness noun

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