[syn: gummed, gummy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gummy \Gum"my\, a. [Compar. Gummer (?); superl. Gummirst.]
Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing
gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
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Kindles the gummy bark of fir or pine. --Milton.
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Then rubs his gummy eyes. --Dryden.
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Gummy tumor (Med.), a gumma.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gummy
adj 1: having the sticky properties of an adhesive [syn:
gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty,
sticky, viscid, viscous]
2: covered with adhesive gum [syn: gummed, gummy]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "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