Chewing-gummy

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of chewing gum. rare

    "“I’d thought of dropping that. It’s so cheap and chewing-gummy.”"

  2. 2
    Covered with chewing gum. rare

    "As I was squeezing out the subway car at Times Square, my red Papagallo slipped off my foot and the subway doors closed. I hopped around on the chewing-gummy platform, waving my arms at the crowd inside the car."

Example

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"“I’d thought of dropping that. It’s so cheap and chewing-gummy.”"

Etymology

From chewing gum + -y.

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