Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A mixture of cornstarch and water with unusual physical properties.
Etymologies
- Named for a sticky substance in Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949), children's story. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Just search for "oobleck"-- after the Dr. Seuss book "Bartholomew and the Oobleck".”
“If the kids met the goal Diodate would have a shower of "oobleck," a green starch substance of Dr. Seuss origin.”
“• Association for Women in Science: Make some of Dr. Seuss '"oobleck" and learn a little about non-Newtonian fluids.”
“The video shows what is termed "creeping oobleck", apparently a material made by mixing corn starch with water to create a non-Newtonian fluid.”
“I JUST taught oobleck in science class yesterday at camp!”
“The Kid used to make oobleck in preschool and kindergarten but I never knew it was a "non-Newtonian fluid.”
“Another interesting substance is called 'oobleck.”
“Everything turned a hideous, bright, oobleck green.”
“NPR science correspondent Richard Harris plays with oobleck.”
“I realized after a while that cornstarch suspension - oobleck, the kids call it - has this wonderful property that if it's not flowing rapidly, it's a liquid that flows pretty well," Katz says.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘oobleck’.
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llogos, peter stickles, old age, 39, insomnia, frown of approval, chuck norris, ovular, gay, fencing, rabbits, seven empty cups ... and 137 more...
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bbc uk china vocab.
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catkin, pastiche, badonkadonk, biome, omphaloscopy, pogonophobia, reptation, anathema, xyst, commodify, commoditize, monetize and 69 more...
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Seussian
Words and characters from Dr. Seuss's books.
lorax, zax, sneetch, yertle the turtle, grinch, horton, bartholomew, oobleck, cat in the hat, borfin, sam i am, solla sollew and 31 more...
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Non-Newtonian Fluids
oobleck, ketchup, catsup, custard, toothpaste, shampoo, paint, flubber, Silly Putty, quicksand, Coca-Cola, epoxy and 12 more...
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Carlos' Words
monstropolous, absquatulate
triffid, calque, pinguid, refulgent, monstropolous, Seanchaí, clinquant, Chryselephantine ..., peavey, milium, swage, Burtillon, Burtil... and 263 more...
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thekatespanos's list
pomposity, gaggle, scintilla, lemming, bilk, vanquish, conflate, plenary, verisimilitude, perspicacious, rattletrap, obdurate and 325 more...
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pixistix's Words
cumquat, circumlocution, panoply, propinquity, contumely, quietus, fardel, tmesis, tipsy, giddy, trudge, vortex and 211 more...
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The Collection
A somewhat discriminatory list of words and phrases collected for their euphonic or arcane appeal, interesting etymology, or concise definition of an otherwise unnamed phenomenon or concept.
ziggurat, neophilia, sucker punch, soporific, epoch, tundra, fiat, idiotproof, miscellany, metaphysics, cryptozoology, dysphoria and 856 more...
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Random
These are just some random words that I might find a list for someday.
troglodytism, chinkle, vasculum, sabz, cucullus, tricornigerous, cuboctahedron, eruca, gamp, pilum, taha, angelhood and 252 more...
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horizon, echo, undulation, resonance, reflection, acoustic, swoosh, distant, glide, interspace, marbles, radiant and 144 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3255 more...
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Lee's List
Words I like, and should try to use more often.
insipid, laconic, clandestine, quizzical, endeavor, sanguine, crestfallen, apocryphal, purloin, moribund, facetious, rancor and 68 more...
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toner's Words
contitute, flump, malice, agentivize, calumniate, deliberator, polder, disintermediating, disfluencies, parameterize, ulterior, nihonjinron and 86 more...
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Lower Left-Hand Drawer
Where I keep all the pretty things with double letters. Please see the Desk.
interrobang, oobleck, flummox, shrubbery, daguerreotype, dust bunny, comeliness, saffron, vermillion, quintessence, niggling, quiddity and 16 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for oobleck.
michaelt42 I would dearly love to know the name given to the serifs absent from capital I (India) in the type face that you Wordniki are now reading that ARE REMARKABLY INEFFECTIVE in distinguishing cap. I (India) from l.c. l (el). As for the origins of ooblek, perhaps the learned Dr Seuss was playing on French oublier/oblique in view of the strange properties of non-Newtonian fluids, or maybe he was trying to transform Augenblick into a pseudo-Hungarian word, őblik,but changed it further just in case he was misunderstood by his compositors. Mar 2, 2012
gangerh A strizontal can also be observed on an L, distinguishing it from an I. Jan 7, 2012
Wordplayer I've also never been called "'layer" before, but that is super interesting. You should start a list of letter parts. Jan 6, 2012
gangerh Really, 'layer? It's akin to the strizontal which is the bit at the bottom of a Z that stops it being a 7. So called because it strikes out to the right horizontally to achieve this.
Jan 6, 2012
Wordplayer @gangerh: Hmm...I never heard that definition before. Interesting
Jan 6, 2012
gangerh glurch is the bit on a G that stops it being a C. So called because it lurches to the left to achieve this. Jan 6, 2012
Wordplayer It's like flubber Jan 6, 2012
ruzuzu What's glurch? Jan 6, 2012
Wordplayer Don't forget oobleck's cousins: glurch and goop
Jan 6, 2012
ruzuzu Oh! I remember playing with this stuff when I was in Montessori school--we'd scoop up a little handful of it as a liquid and then sort of tap it to get a sense of it as a solid.
Thank you, Random word feature! Jan 6, 2012
vanishedone Oobleck dancing: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Px9jcA4decA Jul 11, 2008
toner 2 cups of corn starch
3 drops of green food coloring
enough water to make a thick mixture (about the texture of pancake batter) I usually measure equal amounts of water and corn starch, but mix water in slowly.
Mix all ingredients together. This makes a fun mixture to play with textures. Use different utensils, such as a spatula, bowl, and funnels, to see what form the mixture will take. Jan 4, 2007