Definitions

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  • noun A type of hard long-lasting candy, usually spherical in shape.

Etymologies

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gob + stopper

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Examples

  • I now have images of Willy Wonka walking out of the factory and screaming, “And your next gobstopper is FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”

    The Brass Ticket 2006

  • Note to Nestlé, a sweet cannot be called a gobstopper if after only two minutes in the mouth a chalky, chewable centre is revealed; it’s all about the hardness, the layers, the changing colours and flavours.

    Archive 2005-09-01 Kirsty 2005

  • Note to Nestlé, a sweet cannot be called a gobstopper if after only two minutes in the mouth a chalky, chewable centre is revealed; it’s all about the hardness, the layers, the changing colours and flavours.

    Oh, Oh Pressure! Kirsty 2005

  • By the time Chi's perky pop-reggae descends into an alarming grindie rock-out, you'll hate yourself for having liked it, but as she helpfully points out, "You should watch your lip/ Giving too much gyp/ You need a gobstopper baby".

    This week's new singles 2011

  • So, if, whilst padding round in your hushpuppies on a tycoon's superyacht off the coast of, say, Montenegro, and a Russian Oligarch slips you a large brown envelope with US$ 500,000 to change the tariffs on, say, gobstopper imports, that is nobody's business but your own.

    Mendacious Mandy: Take Everything With A Pinch Of Salt 2008

  • Then, they may be safe, but a Senate aide notes: "Don't try to bite directly into any whole jawbreaker, gobstopper, jolly rancher, or for that matter, atomic fireball, before you soften it up, as it can damage your teeth."

    Atomic Fireball threat contained on the Hill 2010

  • Liam had his first gobstopper, under the close supervision of his mother.

    Winter Bloom Tara Heavey 2010

  • So, if, whilst padding round in your hushpuppies on a tycoon's superyacht off the coast of, say, Montenegro, and a Russian Oligarch slips you a large brown envelope with US$ 500,000 to change the tariffs on, say, gobstopper imports, that is nobody's business but your own.

    Archive 2008-10-26 2008

  • Wouldn't this be nice in gray flannel, with a choker of gobstopper-sized cloisonné beads?

    Fauxlero -- 80s-Style - A Dress A Day 2009

  • Wouldn't this be nice in gray flannel, with a choker of gobstopper-sized cloisonné beads?

    January 2009 2009

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  • Gobstoppers, known as jawbreakers in the United States, are a type of hard candy.

    January 22, 2008