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gummy bears

gummy bears is the plural of gummy bear.

Meaning of gummy bear

Noun

gummy bear (plural gummy bears)

  1. A confectionery made of gelatin in the miniature shape of a toy bear
    Synonyms:
    confectionery made of gelatin

Proper noun capitalized: Gummy Bears

Gummy Bears pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A kind of gummy candy, a type of confectionery made from gelatine, in the miniature form of a toy bear.

Origin of gummy bears

Calque of German Gummibär, Gummibärchen, the name of the confectionery in Germany.

Questions about gummy bears

What does gummy bears mean?
Gummy bears means a kind of gummy candy, a type of confectionery made from gelatine, in the miniature form of a toy bear.
What is gummy bears the plural of?
Gummy bears is the plural of gummy bear.
What part of speech is gummy bears?
Gummy bears is a proper noun.

Words near gummy bears in the dictionary

  1. gummosities
  2. gummosity
  3. gummous
  4. gummy
  5. gummy bear
  6. gummy bears
  7. gummy shark
  8. gummy sharks
  9. gummy squirrel
  10. gummy squirrels
  11. gummy up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gummy bears (page history and authors); Gummy Bears (page history and authors); gummy bear (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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