Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness.
- noun An accumulation of gum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or condition of being
gummy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of being cohesive and sticky
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Examples
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Lower-rated ice creams are less creamy and less flavorful, with flaws such as an artificial taste or gumminess.
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The state of pavements, shoe soles and the undersides of school desks look set to improve dramatically in Spain following a government decision to take some of the gumminess out of chewing gum.
Chewing gum 'too sticky' a problem, says Spanish government Giles Tremlett 2010
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'Industrial food titan and noted purveyor of swell toxins for most of humanity, ConAgra has introduced a new iPhone app, aimed at re-introducing the joy that is Parkay margarine -- AKA whipped monoglycerides and soy lecithin and artificial flavoring and sundry nasty gumminess you should never really put into your body -- to the easily duped masses who love them some retro TV commercial wackiness at the expense of, you know, actual health.
Mark Morford: New iPhone app for fans of whipped monoglyceride! 2009
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'Industrial food titan and noted purveyor of swell toxins for most of humanity, ConAgra has introduced a new iPhone app, aimed at re-introducing the joy that is Parkay margarine -- AKA whipped monoglycerides and soy lecithin and artificial flavoring and sundry nasty gumminess you should never really put into your body -- to the easily duped masses who love them some retro TV commercial wackiness at the expense of, you know, actual health.
Mark Morford: New iPhone app for fans of whipped monoglyceride! 2009
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Industrial food titan and noted purveyor of swell toxins for most of humanity, ConAgra has introduced a new iPhone app, aimed at re-introducing the joy that is Parkay margarine -- AKA whipped monoglycerides and soy lecithin and artificial flavoring and sundry nasty gumminess you should never really put into your body -- to the easily duped masses who love them some retro TV commercial wackiness at the expense of, you know, actual health.
Mark Morford: New iPhone app for fans of whipped monoglyceride! 2009
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If there was any gumminess to it, Romney would have flung it.
Romney and McCain tied at 30% each. Ann Althouse 2008
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I totally understand what you mean by “gumminess”.
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It was chewy with lightly crisped edges and a crackly top and an density that had not confused itself with gumminess, as too many rich brownies do.
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Cooking the potatoes with their skins on protects the starch granules, reducing the gumminess.
HOW TO MAKE FLUFFY, "BUTTERY", NO-FAT VEGAN MASHED POTATOES Bryanna Clark Grogan 2008
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Cooking the potatoes with their skins on protects the starch granules, reducing the gumminess.
Archive 2008-06-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2008
skipvia commented on the word gumminess
Energy required to disintegrate a semi-solid food to a state ready for swallowing. See Still Hungry?
January 24, 2008