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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective gummy has 2 senses
- gummy(s = adj.all) gluey, glutinous, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous - having the sticky properties of an adhesive; Array Derived forms noun gum4, noun gumminess1
- gummy(s = adj.all) gummed - covered with adhesive gum; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum. [1913 Webster]
"Kindles the gummy bark of fir or pine."
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"Then rubs his gummy eyes."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
gummy, adj. (gummier, gummiest)
1 viscous, sticky.
2 abounding in or exuding gum.
1 viscous, sticky.
2 abounding in or exuding gum.
Derivative
gumminess n.
gummy, adj. & n.
--adj. (gummier, gummiest) toothless.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 Austral. a small shark, Mustelus antarcticus, having rounded teeth with which it crushes hard-shelled prey.
2 Austral. & NZ a toothless sheep.
--adj. (gummier, gummiest) toothless.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 Austral. a small shark, Mustelus antarcticus, having rounded teeth with which it crushes hard-shelled prey.
2 Austral. & NZ a toothless sheep.
Derivative
gummily adv.
Etymology
GUM(2) + -Y(1)
THESAURUS
gummy
adherent, adhesive, amylaceous, bulldogged, bulldoggish, bulldoggy, bullheaded, clabbered, clammy, clingy, clotted, coagulated, curdled, doughy, gaumy, gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose, glutinous, gooey, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous, heavy, inspissated, jelled, jellied, jellylike, mucilaginous, obstinate, pasty, persistent, pitchy, resinic, resinoid, resinous, resiny, ropy, self-adhesive, slabby, slimy, slithery, starchy, stickable, sticky, stodgy, stringy, stubborn, syrupy, tacky, tenacious, thick, thickened, tough, tremelloid, tremellose, viscid, viscose, viscousROGET THESAURUS
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Semiliquidity
N semiliquidity, stickiness, viscidity, viscosity, gummosity, glutinosity, mucosity, spissitude, crassitude, lentor, adhesiveness, inspissation, incrassation, thickening, jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten, carlock, fish glue, ichthyocol, ichthycolla, isinglass, mucus, phlegm, goo, pituite, lava, glair, starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein, treacle, gum, size, glue (tenacity), wax, beeswax, emulsion, soup, squash, mud, slush, slime, ooze, moisture, marsh, semifluid, semiliquid, tremellose, half melted, half frozen, milky, muddy, lacteal, lactean, lacteous, lactescent, lactiferous, emulsive, curdled, thick, succulent, uliginous, gelatinous, albuminous, mucilaginous, glutinous, glutenous, gelatin, mastic, amylaceous, ropy, clammy, clotted, viscid, viscous, sticky, tacky, gooey, slab, slabby, lentous, pituitous, mucid, muculent, mucous, gummy.
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