Gummy

//ˈɡʌmi// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of gummy shark. Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

    "Over there [the UK], gummies are called smooth hound and a six kilo fish would stop the nation."

  2. 2
    A gummi candy. plural-normally

    "I opened the fridge to take out my lunch and gave her a gummy. She licked my hand gratefully as I placed the food into the microwave and when it was heated up, she watched me eat and when I was done, she licked my plate happily."

  3. 3
    A sheep that is losing or has lost its teeth. Australia, New-Zealand
Adjective
  1. 1
    Showing the gums.

    "a gummy grin"

  2. 2
    Resembling gum (the substance).
  3. 3
    Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.

    "the gummie bark of Firr or Pine"

  4. 4
    Thick; fat. archaic, slang

    "Probably, in times gone by, when flowing gowns were seldom worn in England, some fashionable dame of high degree, having splay feet, or gummy ankles, might have put them under cover."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having the sticky properties of an adhesive wordnet
  2. 2
    covered with adhesive gum wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
glueymucilaginousadherentadhesiveamylaceousbulldogged

Example

More examples

"Sami was just a floppy gummy drunk mess."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From gum (“flesh around teeth”) + -y.

Etymology 2

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

Related phrases

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