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bubblegums

bubblegums is the plural of bubblegum.

Meaning of bubblegum

Noun

bubblegum (countable and uncountable, plural bubblegums)

  1. (uncountable, usually) A sweet, stretchable chewing gum designed for blowing bubbles.
  2. (derogatory, sometimes) A type of pop music marked by sweetness, pep and charm (rather than depth or complexity).
    • Born in the small town of Rockwood, east Tennessee, Carter’s bubblegum sound and mini-bad boy image made him the definitive millennium child star.2022 November 6, Emma Garland, “Aaron Carter was the millennium’s bubblegum bad boy – and the victim of a rapacious music industry”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    bubblegum pop
  3. A light pink colour, the hue in which bubblegum is traditionally coloured.
    • […] a bubblegum-pink leather wrist- watch band in Woolworth's window on Fifth Avenue catches my eye.1975, William Targ, Indecent Pleasures, page 109

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Questions about bubblegums

What is bubblegums the plural of?
Bubblegums is the plural of bubblegum.

Words near bubblegums in the dictionary

  1. bubblegooses
  2. bubblegrunge
  3. bubblegum
  4. bubblegum pop
  5. bubblegummy
  6. bubblegums
  7. bubbleguts
  8. bubblehead
  9. bubbleheaded
  10. bubbleheads
  11. bubblejet

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