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cornballs

cornballs is the plural of cornball.

Meaning of cornball

Noun

cornball (plural cornballs)

  1. A ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar.
    • How large and inviting were the cornballs that piled the platter, and how crisp and glossy the braids and twists of molasses candy that mother and cousin had made when the little ones were snug in bed.1871, The Myrtle, volume 21, page 301
  2. (US, informal) An unsophisticated person.
  3. (US, informal) Something or someone excessively corny.
    • That movie was a real cornball.
  4. (Internet, US) A corny person; an uncool, stupid, or lame person.
    • Who's this cornball, man?

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Questions about cornballs

What is cornballs the plural of?
Cornballs is the plural of cornball.

Words near cornballs in the dictionary

  1. cornamuses
  2. cornamute
  3. cornamutes
  4. cornball
  5. cornballish
  6. cornballs
  7. cornbeef
  8. Cornberg
  9. cornbin
  10. cornbind
  11. cornbins

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