gummy1
/ˈɡʌmi
/adjective (gummier, gummiest)
1Having a viscous or sticky consistency: a gummy discharge...
- Sassafras leaves contain not only sassafras flavour but also a gummy mucilage.
- The only evidence was a report that a government-hired ‘expert’ had detected a gummy substance under the consoles of some trains.
- The pods, which are typically ridged and tapering, but may be almost round, contain many small seeds and a gummy substance which gives okra its special character.
Synonyms
sticky, tacky, gluey, adhesive, resinous, viscous, viscid, glutinous, mucilaginous;
British claggy;
Scottish & Northern English clarty
informal gooey, gloopy, cloggy, gungy, icky
North American informal gloppy
rare viscoid
1.1Covered with or exuding a viscous substance: his gummy eyes
Derivatives
gumminess
/ noun ...- One thing all types of okra have in common is their gumminess, which is actually a feature of some Creole and Cajun dishes.
- However, too much stabilizer will result in gumminess and affect the final texture.
- Filé, a powder made from sassafras, may be used to add more gumminess.
Rhymes
gummy2
/ˈɡʌmi/adjective (gummier, gummiest)
Toothless: a gummy grin...
- He gurns his face effortlessly into a toothless, gummy washerwoman's grimace.
- He has gummy gaps in his grin, the result of a stint as a boxer in the 1980s (he moved to Minneapolis in '84, after losing a big match in Fort Dodge, Iowa).
- Then he turned his big blue eyes on me and treated me to a big, gummy grin.
noun (plural gummies)
1 (also gummy shark) A small edible shark of Australasian coastal waters, with rounded teeth that it uses to crush hard-shelled prey.
- Mustelus antarcticus, family Triakidae.
- The same mix works just as well with a firm textured fish such as gummy or cobbler.
2Australian /NZ A sheep that has lost or is losing its teeth.
Derivatives
gummily
- But she's a pragmatic sort of kid, and she has kept smiling gummily as she waits for a whopping great cash injection from the tooth fairy.
- She is gazing up at me, smiling gummily, ten months of content dimpling her cheeks.