Definitions

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  • proper noun trademark A kind of gummy candy, a type of confectionery made from gelatine, in the miniature form of a toy bear.

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • Yellow or blue - I'm indecisive, see below 7. G – Gummy Bears or Worms?

    Tidying Up a Bit Around Here... 2009

  • CHO (voice-over): Mary Janes, Good & Plenty, Gummy Bears and Swedish Fish, what people are -- well, craving these days.

    CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2009 2009

  • Yellow or blue - I'm indecisive, see below 7. G – Gummy Bears or Worms?

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • The church ignored that because they wanted money from the wealthy and could not chastise them and still get their money, unless they offered them some Gummy Bears.

    ANOTHER EARLY MORNING CONVERSATION WITH GOD 2007

  • We used over 500 Gummy Bears as orcs and Uruk-Hai.

    the Battle of Helm’s Deep…in candy! « raincoaster 2007

  • And even if you lose all the money, you still have the Gummy Bears.

    CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2007 2007

  • I resisted the temptation to remove the Gummy Bears; I realized I needed to educate and empower my child to make his own conscious food choices.

    The Rice Diet Solution Kitty Gurkin Rosati 2006

  • Well, the next day I returned home to what at first seemed a repeat, his dad had supersized him another plate of Gummy Bears.

    The Rice Diet Solution Kitty Gurkin Rosati 2006

  • I resisted the temptation to remove the Gummy Bears; I realized I needed to educate and empower my child to make his own conscious food choices.

    The Rice Diet Solution Kitty Gurkin Rosati 2006

  • Well, the next day I returned home to what at first seemed a repeat, his dad had supersized him another plate of Gummy Bears.

    The Rice Diet Solution Kitty Gurkin Rosati 2006

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