单词 | bubblegum |
释义 | bubblegumn.adj. A. n. 1. Chewing gum which can be blown into bubbles, while held between the lips.Bubblegum is typically pink in colour, with a strong berry flavour. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > chewing- or bubble-gum gum1842 chewing-gum1850 gum ball1855 Tutti Frutti1885 chicle1889 bubblegum1911 spearmint1920 chewy1921 chutty1941 chuggy1994 spoggy1999 1911 Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 7 Nov. 7/2 Citizens..are up in arms against a swindler who visited their city some days ago and sold them ‘bubble gum’... Instead of making bubbles it made their mouths sore. 1924 Cook County Herald (Illinois) 19 Dec. Stop chewing bubble gum. 1958 P. Mortimer Daddy's gone a-Hunting i. 7 The steady, pungent smell of bubble gum. 1983 Tucker's Luck Ann. 1984 16/3 Stuff three packets of bubble-gum in your mouth at the same time..and blow the biggest bubble you can! 2010 Independent 26 Sept. 48/4 It's [sc. wheat beer] light hopped to bring out the fruity flavours of wheat—spot cloves, banana, even Juicy Fruit bubble gum. 2. Bubblegum music. See sense B. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > other pop music a cappella1905 soundclash1925 marabi1933 doo-wop1958 filk1959 folk-rock1963 Liverpool sound1963 Mersey beat1963 Mersey sound1963 surf music1963 malombo1964 mbaqanga1964 easy listening1965 disco music1966 Motown1966 boogaloo1967 power pop1967 psychedelia1967 yé-yé1967 agitpop1968 bubblegum1968 Tamla Motown1968 Tex-Mex1968 downtempo1969 taarab1969 thrash1969 world music1969 funk1970 MOR1970 tropicalism1970 Afrobeat1971 electro-pop1971 post-rock1971 techno-pop1971 Tropicalia1971 tropicalismo1971 disco1972 Krautrock1972 schlager1973 Afropop1974 punk funk1974 disco funk1975 Europop1976 mgqashiyo1976 P-funk1976 funkadelia1977 karaoke music1977 alternative music1978 hardcore1978 psychobilly1978 punkabilly1978 R&B1978 cowpunk1979 dangdut1979 hip-hop1979 Northern Soul1979 rap1979 rapping1979 jit1980 trance1980 benga1981 New Romanticism1981 post-punk1981 rap music1981 scratch1982 scratch-music1982 synth-pop1982 electro1983 garage1983 Latin1983 Philly1983 New Age1984 New Age music1985 ambient1986 Britpop1986 gangster rap1986 house1986 house music1986 mbalax1986 rai1986 trot1986 zouk1986 bhangra1987 garage1987 hip-house1987 new school1987 old school1987 thrashcore1987 acid1988 acid house1988 acid jazz1988 ambience1988 Cantopop1988 dance1988 deep house1988 industrial1988 swingbeat1988 techno1988 dream pop1989 gangsta rap1989 multiculti1989 new jack swing1989 noise-pop1989 rave1989 Tejano1989 breakbeat1990 chill-out music1990 indie1990 new jack1990 new jill swing1990 noisecore1990 baggy1991 drum and bass1991 gangsta1991 handbag house1991 hip-pop1991 loungecore1991 psychedelic trance1991 shoegazing1991 slowcore1991 techno-house1991 gabba1992 jungle1992 sadcore1992 UK garage1992 darkcore1993 dark side1993 electronica1993 G-funk1993 sampladelia1994 trip hop1994 break1996 psy-trance1996 nu skool1997 folktronica1999 dubstep2002 Bongo Flava2003 grime2003 Bongo2004 singeli2015 1968 Chicago Tribune 27 July i. 14/1 They call it ‘bubblegum rock’ and insist they don't really like to play it. But the Lemon Pipers at their concert last night at Ravinia had far more bubblegum than anything else. 1971 Melody Maker 9 Oct. 11/7 I suppose one could say that bubblegum was outrageous, I mean there's nothing more outrageous than ‘Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep’. 1985 J. Makower Boom! 73/3 Bubblegum is a light, simple-minded style aimed at the sub-teen market. 2003 N.Y. Mag. 14 July 91/1 We're a mixture of all sorts of things throughout rock history, like glam, bubblegum, and New Wave. B. adj. 1. Designating something (esp. popular music) that is bland, safe, or designed to appeal esp. to children and young teenagers, as bubblegum music, bubblegum pop, etc. ΚΠ 1951 N.Y. Times 16 Aug. 23/2 Miss Grable..[is] a charter member of the bubble gum school of acting and her vehicles are usually standard excuses for stringing together some vaudeville specialties. 1968 Variety 12 June 50/2 1The widely touted ‘bubble-gum music’ approach can now be understood as an appeal to a teenager's lowest common denominator. 1989 Young Americans Autumn 4/2 I'm still getting bubble-gum scripts. 1996 Independent 31 Jan. 12/8 They expected a bubblegum speech; what they got was a nicotine hit and a blast of Siberian air. 2010 S. Fry Fry Chrons. 285 It is possible to be a fan of reality TV, talent shows and bubblegum pop and still have a brain. 2. Designating a colour characteristic of bubblegum, typically a bright shade of pink; of such a colour, esp. bright pink. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > pale red or pink > bright pink poppy pink1894 shocking pink1938 bubblegum1967 1967 Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, Montana) 16 Apr. 10/4 Hand Blocked Print Fun Top sweatshirts..candy colors: bubble gum blue, candy pink, corn yellow, and peach parfait. 1968 Des Moines (Iowa) Reg. 27 July 9/3 Wide bubble gum pink stripes, alternated with stripes of peppermint-stick red. 1979 Syracuse (New York) Post Standard 18 June (Family Living section) 17/5 Willi Wear's bubble gum pants and blouse and gum drop bloomer shorts with juicy fruit halter and rock n' roll jacket are great togs for..playing volleyball. 1994 P. Baker Blood Posse xxxii. 375 She was dressed in a tight bubblegum dress and had a short Afro and a sensual face. 2012 Independent 17 Mar. 15/1 The harlequin checked zip-up tops, in contrasting raspberry and bubblegum pink. Compounds bubblegum card n. chiefly U.S. a collectable trading card found in a packet of bubblegum; cf. trading card n. (b) at trading n. Compounds 3, baseball card n. at baseball n. Compounds 2.The sense in quot. 1935 is uncertain; it may refer simply to a packet of bubblegum. ΚΠ 1935 Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel 1 Nov. 16/1 (advt.) Free to every child attending Saturday—double bubble gum card. 1939 Chicago Tribune 31 July 10/5 A few years back I used to collect bubble gum cards with baseball players' pictures. 2008 Free Press (Kinston, N. Carolina) 21 Oct. a4/2 Pro football is the only sport whose bubblegum cards show a player's picture on the front and his fingerprints on the back. Derivatives ˈbubblegummy adj. resembling or suggestive of bubblegum, esp. in colour or taste; (also) characteristic of bubblegum music. ΚΠ 1972 N.Y. Times 19 Nov. 30 d/5 Four songs by a sort of bubblegummy Greek chorus that comments on the hero and his plight. 1994 Campus Canada Mar. 22/2 With their minimalist instrumentation and wonderfully bubble-gummy melodies, these women constitute one of Canada's only cuddle-core bands. 1997 Wine Mar. 75/2 Robert felt the wine became surprisingly ‘bubble-gummy’ when matched with the fish. 2015 Guardian (Nexis) 14 Feb. In the US in the 1970s, it was found that prisoners were quieter in cells painted a bubblegummy shade called Baker-Miller Pink. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1911 |
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