Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Consisting of or containing gum.
- adjective Covered or clogged with or as if with gum.
- adjective Having the texture or properties of gum; sticky and viscid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of gum; of the nature of gum; viscous; adhesive.
- Impregnated with gum; giving out gum; covered with or clogged by gum or viscous matter.
- In pathology, pertaining to or having the nature of a gumma; gummatous.
- Having an accumulation of gum, or matter resembling gum; stuffy; puffy; swollen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
- adjective (Med.) a gumma.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Showing the gums.
- noun Australia Short for
gummy shark . - noun Australia, New Zealand A
sheep that is losing or has lost itsteeth . - adjective Resembling gum (the substance).
- noun usually in the plural A gummy candy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective covered with adhesive gum
- adjective having the sticky properties of an adhesive
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Examples
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Her wrists are covered by lots of thin gummy bracelets.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » CarsonArtist’s Review Forum 2009
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Australian sea-side hotel was regularly supplied with young shark -- "gummy" -- by a fisherman, for whose veracity the author can vouch.
Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia Ernest Scott 1903
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July 23, 2009 at 9:59 am yeps …. no be calling her gummy yet LOL
I will nap… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Columbia student gastronome Jason Bell first caught the attention of New York Magazine's Grub Street blog for calling Colicchio's gnocchi "gummy" and his bacon "vague," among other verbose critiques.
Tom Colicchio vs. Columbia Food Critic The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I found that when I chilled this before baking it (like I usually do for my lasagnes) it got kind of "gummy" (to quote my mother) - I'd bake it ASAP next time.
Archive 2008-11-01 Sarah 2008
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They tasted "healthy" - kind of gummy I think because my figs were dry and old.
Fig Bran Muffins sucheela 2009
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Bake in the center of the oven for 55 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out absolutely clean under-cooking may result in a "gummy" texture.
Archive 2009-05-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009
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Bake in the center of the oven for 55 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out absolutely clean under-cooking may result in a "gummy" texture.
VEGAN LEMON-COCONUT "POUND CAKE"-- LESS FAT, BUT YOU'D NEVER GUESS! Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009
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Customers also can choose special toppings, such as gummy bears and chocolate chips, for an extra 25 cents.
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The poet's truth to Nature in his 'gummy' chestnut-buds, and to Art in the 'long green box 'of mignonette -- and that masterful touch of likening the first intrusion of love into the virgin bosom of the Miller's daughter to the plunging of a water-rat into the mill-dam -- these are beauties which, we do not fear to say, equal anything even in Keats.
Early Reviews of English Poets John Louis Haney
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