gummy
Pronunciation Etymology 1

From gum + -y.

Adjective

gummy (comparative gummier, superlative gummiest)

  1. Showing the gums.
    a gummy grin
Noun

gummy (plural gummies)

  1. (Australia) Clipping of gummy shark
    • 2007, Bill Classon, Fishing Guide to Victoria′s Coastline, Australian Fishing Network, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cDUmJYLT7SgC&pg=PA60&dq=%22gummy%22|%22gummies%22+shark+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6mJwT5emO4PcmAWlpImSBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22gummy%22|%22gummies%22%20shark%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 60],
      Western Port is a great location to find gummies. […] Gummy sharks are one of the favoured species in Western Port and for good reason: they put up a strong fight and feed of fresh flake is pretty hard to beat.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) A sheep that is losing or has lost its teeth.
Etymology 2

From gum + -y.

Adjective

gummy (comparative gummier, superlative gummiest)

  1. Resembling gum the substance.
  2. Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC ↗:
      the gummie bark of Firr or Pine
    • 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Third Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC ↗:
      Then rubs his gummy eyes.
  3. (archaic, slang) Thick; fat.
    • 1857, Charles Waterton, Essays on Natural History: 3d Series, page 202:
      Probably, in times gone by, when flowing gowns were seldom worn in England, some fashionable dame of high degree, having splay feet, or gummy ankles, might have put them under cover.
Synonyms Noun

gummy (plural gummies)

  1. (usually, in the plural) A gummi candy.



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