gummy
/ˈɡʌmi/
gummy adjective: showing the gums. Also the clipping of gummy shark.
Adjective (1)
gummy (comparative gummier, superlative gummiest)
- Showing the gums.
- a gummy grin
Noun (1)
gummy (plural gummies)
Adjective (2)
gummy (comparative gummier, superlative gummiest)
- Resembling gum (the substance).
- Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
- the gummie bark of Firr or Pine1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Then rubs his gummy eyes.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Third Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […]...
- 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.1857, Charles Waterton, Essays on Natural History: 3d Series, page 202
Noun (2)
gummy (plural 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.c 2011, Gabrielle Tan, Different Colour Can Mix True or False?
- Cristina hands him a gummy but holds tight to her cupcake, for she's still working on it, and doesn't want to set it free yet.2010, Linda A. Dixon, Cupcakes for Cristina!
Also used as
gummy is also the clipping of gummy shark.
Examples of gummy in a sentence
- A type of sea cucumber, this gummy squirrel looks frighteningly similar to a banana.
- Many gummy sharks are caught off the surf beaches every season.
- Sweet-sour, gummy, but stuff that made you want to eat on and on.
Synonyms of gummy
Forms of gummy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | gummier |
| superlative | gummiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | gummies |
Origin of gummy
From gum (“flesh around teeth”) + -y.
From gum (“(substance)”) + -y. The noun was influenced by gummi (from German).
Words formed from gummy
- gummily
- gummy weed
- garden gummy
- gummy worm
- gumminess
- ungummy
- gummy bear
- gummy squirrel
- gummy tumor
- gummy tumour
- gummy up
Phrases with gummy
Words that rhyme with gummy
Questions about gummy
- What does gummy mean?
- Gummy means showing the gums.
- What part of speech is gummy?
- Gummy can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce gummy?
- Gummy is pronounced /ˈɡʌmi/.
Words near gummy in the dictionary
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