gummy

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Adverb
• HYPHEN: gum=my

CIDE DICTIONARY

gummy, a. [Compar. Gummer (); superl. Gummirst.].

 Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.  [1913 Webster]
"Kindles the gummy bark of fir or pine."  [1913 Webster]
"Then rubs his gummy eyes."  [1913 Webster]

Gummy tumor (Med.), a gumma.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gummy, adj. (gummier, gummiest)
1 viscous, sticky.
2 abounding in or exuding gum.

Derivative

gumminess n.

gummy, adj. & n.
--adj. (gummier, gummiest) toothless.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 Austral. a small shark, Mustelus antarcticus, having rounded teeth with which it crushes hard-shelled prey.
2 Austral. & NZ a toothless sheep.

Derivative

gummily adv.

Etymology

GUM(2) + -Y(1)

THESAURUS

gummy

adherent, adhesive, amylaceous, bulldogged, bulldoggish, bulldoggy, bullheaded, clabbered, clammy, clingy, clotted, coagulated, curdled, doughy, gaumy, gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose, glutinous, gooey, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous, heavy, inspissated, jelled, jellied, jellylike, mucilaginous, obstinate, pasty, persistent, pitchy, resinic, resinoid, resinous, resiny, ropy, self-adhesive, slabby, slimy, slithery, starchy, stickable, sticky, stodgy, stringy, stubborn, syrupy, tacky, tenacious, thick, thickened, tough, tremelloid, tremellose, viscid, viscose, viscous

ROGET THESAURUS

gummy

Semiliquidity

N semiliquidity, stickiness, viscidity, viscosity, gummosity, glutinosity, mucosity, spissitude, crassitude, lentor, adhesiveness, inspissation, incrassation, thickening, jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten, carlock, fish glue, ichthyocol, ichthycolla, isinglass, mucus, phlegm, goo, pituite, lava, glair, starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein, treacle, gum, size, glue (tenacity), wax, beeswax, emulsion, soup, squash, mud, slush, slime, ooze, moisture, marsh, semifluid, semiliquid, tremellose, half melted, half frozen, milky, muddy, lacteal, lactean, lacteous, lactescent, lactiferous, emulsive, curdled, thick, succulent, uliginous, gelatinous, albuminous, mucilaginous, glutinous, glutenous, gelatin, mastic, amylaceous, ropy, clammy, clotted, viscid, viscous, sticky, tacky, gooey, slab, slabby, lentous, pituitous, mucid, muculent, mucous, gummy.