adj
Meaning 1
Showing the gums.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a gummy grin
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gummy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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gŭmʹi
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/ˈɡʌmi/
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rhymes with -ʌmi
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CMU ARPABET: G AH1 M IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Resembling gum (the substance).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Thick; fat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, slang
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noun
Meaning 5
Clipping of gummy shark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Examples
- 2007, Bill Classon, Fishing Guide to Victoria′s Coastline, Australian Fishing Network, page 60, Western Port is a great location to find gummies. [...] Gummy sharks are one of the favoured species in Western Port and for good reason: they put up a strong fight and feed of fresh flake is pretty hard to beat.
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noun
Meaning 6
A sheep that is losing or has lost its teeth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand
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noun
Meaning 7
A gummi candy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural-normally
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
having the sticky properties of an adhesive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gluey, glutinous, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
covered with adhesive gum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gummed
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English gum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gummy From gum (“flesh around teeth”) + -y.
From gum (“(substance)”) + -y. The noun was influenced by gummi (from German).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Māori: ware — Translations
- Ottoman Turkish: ساقزلو (sakızlı) — Translations
- Sicilian: gummusu — Translations
- Spanish: gomoso — Translations
Real reading context