Meaning

4 senses
  1. Showing the gums.

    a gummy grin

  2. Resembling gum (the substance).

    covered with adhesive gum

  3. Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.

  4. (archaic, slang)Thick; fat.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Children like gummy bears.

    Дітям подобаються мармеладні ведмедики Гамі.

    ruДети любят мармеладных мишек.

    deKinder mögen Gummibärchen.

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  2. Tom ate all the gummy bears.

    deTom hat alle Gummibären aufgegessen.

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  3. Tom bought a giant gummy bear.

    deTom hat sich einen Riesengummibären gekauft.

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  4. Tom made a giant gummy bear.

    deTom stellte einen Riesengummibären her.

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  5. Why aren't there any blue gummy bears?

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From gum (“(substance)”) + -y. The noun was influenced by gummi (from German).

From gum (“(substance)”) + -y. The noun was influenced by gummi (from German).

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Forms

gummier, gummiest
Comparativegummier Lesson
Superlativegummiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
resembling gum, the substance:stickyB1glueygooeytacky
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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