gummy
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˈɡʌmi/
:
pegajoso
- So when I start to lift this thing, there's a gummy elastic feeling.
- gummy eyes
So when I start to lift this thing, there's a gummy elastic feeling.
- So when I start to lift this thing, there's a gummy elastic feeling.
- Why is everything looking kind of putty and like gummy and just not good?
- It's just a really beautiful product that does not get kind of gummy or weird if you apply it on top of your makeup.
Examples
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The mixture turned gummy after it was left out in the heat for too long.
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Her eyes cracked open six hours later and felt as gummy as her brain.
Fiction book (1999) -
It's almost like a gummy effect.
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You know when your hair gets gummy and it's just like, OK, we are back.
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It's just a really beautiful product that does not get kind of gummy or weird if you apply it on top of your makeup.
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It was hot, gummy, almost liquid.
Fiction book (1994) -
But even as I'm doing this, you can start to see the old adhesive dry out and get gummy or sticky.
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Dan's eyes were gummy and bleary; it took an effort to open them.
Fiction book (2001) -
The candy was too gummy to chew comfortably, making it difficult to enjoy.
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After a few hours in the humid weather, the pages of the book became gummy and hard to turn.
Synonyms
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1.0
Covered with a substance that keeps it on other things
32
3.2
Soft and sticky like warm chocolate or cheese
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6.1
Thick and sticky so it does not flow easily
9
5.9
Thick and sticky like jelly
4
4.9
Not completely dry and slightly sticky to the touch
2
5.6
Thick and sticky in a wet, unpleasant way
2
7.7
Sticky like glue that easily sticks to things
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3.2
Thick and sticky so things stick together
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5.5
Thick and sticky in a messy way
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7.3
Being soft and sticky, like thick glue
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9.9
Thick and sticky like glue or syrup
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2.5
Food that is soft to touch with a sticky, melted inside
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8.8
Sticky and messy with a soft unpleasant covering
With a sticky side that you wet to make it stick
A soft, sticky texture like chewing gum that stretches without tearing
Very sticky and thick so things stick together
Thick and sticky like wet glue
Having a wet, glue like feel that makes things stay on it
Sticky and thick so it stays on hands or objects
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Etymology
Gummy comes from the simple word gum 'sticky substance' plus -y 'full of', so it originally meant 'sticky' or 'like glue' and we still use it for things that stick.