swampy
pronunciation
How to pronounce swampy in British English:
UK ['swɒmpɪ]
How to pronounce swampy in American English:
US [ ˈswɑmpɪ]
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- Adjective:
- (of soil) soft and watery
Word Origin
- swampy (adj.)
- 1690s, from swamp (n.) + -y (2). Related: Swampiness.
Example
- 1. Malaria is still rampant in some swampy regions .
- 2. As I learned in the aftermath of the brisbane flood of 1974 , the smell will remain for years - a swampy stench that comes out of the walls and down from the ceiling on hot days .
- 3. In her thought she traced its course as it ran down the hill to the sluggish fint river , through the tangled swampy bottoms and up the next hill to twelve oaks where ashley lived .
- 4. This land is all swampy . It 's not worth a damn .
- 5. The ivory-billed woodpecker was once found across the swampy forests of the south-eastern states .