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gumball

/ɡʌmbɔl/

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cot caught merger/ɡʌmbɑl/

gumball noun: chewing gum sold as a ball usually coated with colored hard sugar.

Noun

gumball (plural gumballs)

  1. Chewing gum sold as a ball usually coated with colored hard sugar.
    • Remember those clear globe dispensers with gumballs for a penny?
  2. (slang) A silly, laughable person.
    • When he drinks too much he's a gumball.
    Synonyms:
    goofball
  3. (US, slang) The flashing lights on top of a police car.
  4. The spiky seedpod of the sweet gum tree.
    Synonyms:
    monkey ball

gumball meaning in Tamil and Bengali

gumball in Tamil

இனிப்புருண்டை

gumball in Bengali

একজন নির্বোধ, হাস্যকর ব্যক্তি

Synonyms of gumball

Forms of gumball

pluralgumballs

Plural of gumball: gumballs

Origin of gumball

From gum + ball.

Words formed from gumball

Phrases with gumball

Questions about gumball

What does gumball mean?
Gumball means chewing gum sold as a ball usually coated with colored hard sugar.
What is gumball in Tamil?
Gumball in Tamil is இனிப்புருண்டை. See Gumball meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gumball?
Gumball is a noun.
How do you pronounce gumball?
Gumball is pronounced /ɡʌmbɔl/.
What is the plural of gumball?
The plural of gumball is gumballs.

Words near gumball in the dictionary

  1. Gumaz
  2. gumba
  3. gumbah
  4. gumbahs
  5. Gumbalie
  6. gumball
  7. gumball machine
  8. gumball machines
  9. gumballs
  10. gumband
  11. gumbands

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gumball (page history and authors); gumball (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gumball (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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