plural gumballs
: a ball of chewing gum in a candied shell
Ah, the gumball machine. That tempting, rainbow-hued orb of treats that lurks outside every supermarket, dry cleaner and amusement park in America. Just a quarter gets you a sweet treat to bubble and stretch as you please, but how long has that gumball been sitting there?—
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Regular Show While it's got its fair share of talking animals — and gumball machines, yetis, and gentlemanly lollipop people — Regular Show is one of the rare cartoons that is actually about lazy, aimless twentysomethings and not just frequently watched by them.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2023
The online marketplace sells used cars that customers can pick up in a giant vending machine
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Back in the day, a silver quarter and the crank of a metal nob got you a gumball shooting down a spiral slide.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
The short video showed daughter Dream dancing in front of a gumball machine with her name on it.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
It’s finished in a gleaming coat of Ferrari’s trademark Rosso Corsa and has a white racing gumball adorned with the number 81.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024
This particular example—which is finished in silver with white racing gumballs—was the first to claim victory, at the 1954 French Grand Prix.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
The Popsicle brand confirmed to PEOPLE that the classic Spongebob popsicle will no longer have gumball eyes.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023
The SpongeBob popsicle no longer has gumball eyes Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 16 June 2023
But the Performante's ace in the hole is its tires, Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R quasi-competition track-loving gumballs with a 60-treadwear rating that undercuts the 80-treadwear Pirelli Corsas on Porsche's Turbo GT.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023
Ew Staff, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2023
The online marketplace sells used cars that customers can pick up in a giant vending machine
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Back in the day, a silver quarter and the crank of a metal nob got you a gumball shooting down a spiral slide.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
The short video showed daughter Dream dancing in front of a gumball machine with her name on it.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
It’s finished in a gleaming coat of Ferrari’s trademark Rosso Corsa and has a white racing gumball adorned with the number 81.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024
This particular example—which is finished in silver with white racing gumballs—was the first to claim victory, at the 1954 French Grand Prix.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
The Popsicle brand confirmed to PEOPLE that the classic Spongebob popsicle will no longer have gumball eyes.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023
The SpongeBob popsicle no longer has gumball eyes Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 16 June 2023
But the Performante's ace in the hole is its tires, Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R quasi-competition track-loving gumballs with a 60-treadwear rating that undercuts the 80-treadwear Pirelli Corsas on Porsche's Turbo GT.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023
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“Gumball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gumball. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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