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gumball.

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

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡʌmbɔl//ɡʌmbɑl/cot-caught-merger/ɡʌmbɔːl/
  1. Chewing gum sold as a ball usually coated with colored hard sugar.

    Remember those clear globe dispensers with gumballs for a penny?
  2. A silly, laughable person.

    slang
    When he drinks too much he's a gumball.
  3. The flashing lights on top of a police car.

    US · slang
  4. The spiky seedpod of the sweet gum tree.

Where this word comes from

From gum + ball.

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