Definition of Gumball

1. Noun. Chewing gum sold as a ball usually coated with colored hard sugar. ¹

2. Noun. (slang) A silly, laughable person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gumball

1. a small ball of chewing gum [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gumball

gum myrrh
gum olibanum
gum plant
gum resection
gum resin
gum ridge
gum sangapenum
gum terpentine
gum tree
gum trees
gum up
gumaguma
gumagumas
gumba
gumball (current term)
gumball machine
gumbe
gumbo
gumbo-limbo
gumbo limbo
gumbo limbos
gumbo soil
gumboil
gumboils
gumboot
gumboots
gumbos
gumbotil

Literary usage of Gumball

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The United Service (1904)
"A skirmish of this kind, in rear of the President's mansion, resulted in the death of a "gumball," and this had a determining influence in making at least ..."

2. American Roadsters and Trotting Horses: Being a Sketch of the Trotting by Henry T. Helm (1878)
"2:31^, 2:32l£, 2:34^; at Harrodsburg, Ky., July 9th, " free for all," purse $300, Byron won in straight heats, beating Ed. Wilder, gumball, Harrodsburg Boy ..."

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