Pronunciation enPR: o͞oz, IPA (key): /uːz/ Audio (US)(file) Noun Singular ooze Plural oozes A thick and often unpleasant liquid. You should put on cleaning gloves if you are going to clean up that nasty ooze. Verb Plain form ooze Third-person singular oozes Past tense oozed Past participle oozed Present participle oozing When something oozes out, it refers to liquid slowly flowing out. Blood oozed out of the cut.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.