gumball
Chewing gum sold as a ball usually coated with colored hard sugarChewing gum sold as a ball usually coated with colored hard sugar.
» Tom put a quarter in the gumball machine.
Tom steckte einen Vierteltaler in den Kaugummiautomaten.
Meaning
4 sensesChewing gum sold as a ball usually coated with colored hard sugar.
Remember those clear globe dispensers with gumballs for a penny?
(slang)A silly, laughable person.
When he drinks too much he's a gumball.
(US, slang)The flashing lights on top of a police car.
The spiky seedpod of the sweet gum tree.
Kaugummikugel
Examples
4 sentencesTom put a quarter in the gumball machine.
deTom steckte einen Vierteltaler in den Kaugummiautomaten.
Tom put a quarter into the gumball machine.
deTom steckte einen Vierteltaler in den Kaugummiautomaten.
"Why did you steal the gumball machine?" "I just really wanted gumballs."
"What do you get when you cross a bee with a gumball?" "I don't know." "Me neither, I was just asking."
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From gum + ball.From gum + ball.
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