Sekirov Dictionary

gummy

/ˈɡʌmi/

adjective 4
noun 3
forms 3
phrases 1

adjective4

Resembling gum (the substance).
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Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
- Then rubs his gummy eyes. — 1693
Showing the gums.
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(slang, no longer used) 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

noun3

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[usually plural] A gummi candy.
- 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
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(Australia) Clipping of gummy shark.
- Over there [the UK], gummies are called smooth hound and a six kilo fish would stop the nation. — 2000
(Australia, New-Zealand) A sheep that is losing or has lost its teeth.

forms

gummies · gummier · gummiest

Phrases with gummy

gummy up
to make (something) gummy, such as by covering it in glue or sticky dried sugar.

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