gummy
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gummy1 (ˈɡʌmɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , -mier, -miest | |
| 1. | sticky or tacky |
| 2. | consisting of, coated with, or clogged by gum or a similar substance |
| 3. | producing gum |
| [C14: from | |
| 'gumminess1 | |
| —n | |
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| gummy2 (ˈɡʌmɪ) | |
| —adj , -mier, -miest | |
| 1. | toothless; not showing one's teeth |
| —n , -mier, -miest, -mies | |
| 2. | (Austral) a small crustacean-eating shark, Mustelus antarcticus, with bony ridges resembling gums in its mouth |
| 3. | (NZ) an old ewe that has lost its incisor teeth |
| [C20: from | |
| 'gummily2 | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
The tempura had large chunks of partly cut vegetables harboring gummy batter in the cracks.
The gummy edge makes it easy to prop the tablet up on a table or desk, or even those fold-out tray tables on the airplane.
Electric extruding machines don't work the dough long enough, and the pasta they make is often gummy and unpleasant.
Gummy bears were abandoned because they stuck to the monkeys' teeth.
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