"gumball" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-gumball.ogg [Australia] Forms: gumballs [plural]
Etymology: gum + ball Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gum|ball}} gum + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} gumball (plural gumballs)
  1. Chewing gum sold as a ball usually coated with colored hard sugar. Categories (topical): Automotive, Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-gumball-en-noun-XlYLld8L Disambiguation of Automotive: 28 20 32 20 Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 30 6 32 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 3 33 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 2 33 33
  2. (slang) A silly, laughable person. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Automotive, People Synonyms: goofball
    Sense id: en-gumball-en-noun-U4u8MM25 Disambiguation of Automotive: 28 20 32 20 Disambiguation of People: 1 93 5 1
  3. (US, slang) The flashing lights on top of a police car. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Automotive, Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-gumball-en-noun-0JjnWFav Disambiguation of Automotive: 28 20 32 20 Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 30 6 32 31 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 3 33 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 2 33 33
  4. The spiky seedpod of the sweet gum tree. Categories (topical): Automotive, Law enforcement Synonyms: monkey ball
    Sense id: en-gumball-en-noun-yAe06jNa Disambiguation of Automotive: 28 20 32 20 Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 30 6 32 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 3 33 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 2 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Food and drink Derived forms: gumball machine Translations (Translations): kauwgombal [masculine] (Dutch), kauwgumbal [masculine] (Dutch), Kaugummikugel [feminine] (German), tyggjókúla [feminine] (Icelandic), sakız topu (Turkish)
Disambiguation of Food and drink: 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 32 3 31 34

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gumball meaning in English (5.7kB)

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