gumball

gum·ball

G g

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [guhm-bawl]
- /ˈgʌmˌbɔl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [guhm-bawl]
- /ˈgʌmˌbɔl/

Definitions of gumball word

noun gumball a brightly colored ball of sugar-coated chewing gum. 1
noun gumball A ball of chewing gum, typically with a hard colored sugar coating. 1
noun gumball ball of hard-coated chewing gum 1
countable noun gumball Gumballs are round, brightly coloured balls of chewing gum. 0
noun gumball a small ball of chewing gum with a coating of coloured sugar 0
noun gumball Chewing gum sold as a ball usually coated with colored hard sugar. 0

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Origin of gumball

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1880-85; gum1 + ball1

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Parts of speech for Gumball

noun

adjective

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adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Gumball

gumball popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

gumball usage trend in Literature

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