gummy
Showing the gumsShowing the gums.
» Children like gummy bears.
Kinder mögen Gummibärchen.
Дети любят мармеладных мишек.
Дітям подобаються мармеладні ведмедики Гамі.
Meaning
4 sensesShowing the gums.
a gummy grin
Resembling gum (the substance).
covered with adhesive gum
Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
(archaic, slang)Thick; fat.
Examples
16 sentencesChildren like gummy bears.
Дітям подобаються мармеладні ведмедики Гамі.
ruДети любят мармеладных мишек.
deKinder mögen Gummibärchen.
Tom ate all the gummy bears.
deTom hat alle Gummibären aufgegessen.
Tom bought a giant gummy bear.
deTom hat sich einen Riesengummibären gekauft.
Tom made a giant gummy bear.
deTom stellte einen Riesengummibären her.
Why aren't there any blue gummy bears?
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
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, gummiestSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form