gummy
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gummy¹
- /ˈɡʌmi/
Rhymes with -ʌmi
adjective gummier · gummiest
- Showing the gums. a gummy grin
noun gummies
- Clipping of gummy shark Over there [the UK], gummies are called smooth hound and a six kilo fish would stop the nation.
- A sheep that is losing or has lost its teeth.
gummy²
- /ˈɡʌmi/
Rhymes with -ʌmi
Where it comes from
From gum (“(substance)”) + -y. The noun was influenced by gummi (from German).
adjective gummier · gummiest
- Resembling gum (the substance).
- Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum. the gummie bark of Firr or Pine
- Thick; fat. Probably, in times gone by, when flowing gowns were seldom worn in England, some fashionable dame of high degree, having splay feet, or gummy ankles, might have put them under cover.
noun gummies
- A gummi candy. I opened the fridge to take out my lunch and gave her a gummy. She licked my hand gratefully as I placed the food into the microwave and when it was heated up, she watched me eat and when I was done, she licked my plate happily.
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| Español | gomoso |
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