taffy
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈtæfi/
- US
:
caramelo masticable
- The children eagerly waited to try the colorful taffy displayed in the candy store.
- saltwater taffy
- pull taffy
- pulled taffy
We want all kinds of taffy now, right?
- We want all kinds of taffy now, right?
- My child asks, drawing the word out like pulled taffy.
- I'm I'm going to slam you with sanctions as soon as I finish chewing this taffy.
- Like I that was about girls shake that laffy taffy like it.
Examples
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The children unwrapped bright red suckers and tiny taffy squares.
Fiction book (2001) -
The smells of cotton candy, sizzling hot dogs, and saltwater taffy mixed in my nose.
Fiction book (1996) -
Salt water taffy for you from Florida.
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"Now if you girls get busy and wash some apples, we can start making some taffy apples."
Fiction book (1996) -
"In each and every candy box, there's 10 pieces of Atlantic City's saltwater taffy...
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At the fair, I bought a piece of taffy that was sweet and chewy.
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We made homemade taffy by boiling sugar until it became thick and stretchy.
Synonyms
863
1.0
A small sweet made from sugar, often with chocolate or nuts
1
8.7
A small soft candy that you chew
A chewy candy made from sugar and butter that people pull and stretch
A chewy candy made from molasses
Compounds
How Chewy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word taffy probably comes from the older word toffee, which names a boiled sugar sweet. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine the sugar being pulled and stretched until it is 'chewy' and glossy, which is exactly what taffy is today.