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gummy

gummy

32 1.0
A small chewy sweet candy often shaped like a bear
  • noun
  • /ˈɡʌmi/
translation icon : caramelo gomoso
  • Hey, I'm heading out to 7-Eleven, anyone up for some gummy worms?
  • fruit-flavored gummies
  • chocolate-covered gummies
  • flavored gummies

Yeah, but today we make a gummy without water.

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Examples

  • I want some gummy bears on a snow cone.

  • I like any gummy candy that doesn't get stuck in your teeth.

  • Hey, do you have any gummy worms back here?

  • Add a giant gummy bear to my cart.

  • OK I have a spider man gummy candy in my bag.

  • But you take one of your gummy bears, and you know the kind I'm talking about.

  • Don't eat all the gummy worms.

  • I've got some gummy bears in the bag over here.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • So we have fruity gummy bears, we have sour gummy bears.

  • I found a bag of gummy worms at the store and couldn't resist buying them.

Synonyms

candy
vsgummy
  • US
863 1.0

A small sweet made from sugar, often with chocolate or nuts

is a specific chewy gelatin variety within that broad sweet food group
chewie
vsgummy
  • UK
1 8.7

A small soft candy that you chew

is the standard product term rather than a casual nickname
gummy treat
vsgummy
2.2

A soft, chewy candy that tastes like fruit

is narrower, often meaning the gelatin sweet usually shaped like bears or worms

Idioms

9.9

A word you say to show surprise or strong feeling

Compounds

A soft, chewy candy that tastes like fruit

How Chewy

taffy
  • US
16 4.2
nougat
10 4.8
gummy
32 1.0
jelly bean
15 1.0
hard candy
  • US
7 1.0

Surface Forms

gummy singular
gummies plural

Etymology

The noun gummy for a chewy candy comes from the adjective and gum 'sticky or gelatin-like', so a gummy is a small sweet that is soft and chewy.