as in adhesive
tending to adhere to objects upon contact
the outside of the bottle was gummy with old dribbles of salad oil
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Recent Examples of gummy
The lemon cake was a bit gummy in texture.
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Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 17 Apr. 2026
Potato peels, pasta, and rice may seem innocuous, but once exposed to water, their starches swell and turn sticky, leading to gummy clogs in your pipes, says Dolan.
—Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 12 Apr. 2026
But the place where the filo met the filling was unfortunately gummy and pretty inedible.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 Apr. 2026
Their most popular video of all time has 106 million views and features Papa Bee placing covered plates in front of the kids who play rock-paper-scissors to determine who is going to eat a gummy food version of the real food the other one is going to eat.
—Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026
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Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 17 Apr. 2026
Potato peels, pasta, and rice may seem innocuous, but once exposed to water, their starches swell and turn sticky, leading to gummy clogs in your pipes, says Dolan.
—Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 12 Apr. 2026
But the place where the filo met the filling was unfortunately gummy and pretty inedible.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 Apr. 2026
Their most popular video of all time has 106 million views and features Papa Bee placing covered plates in front of the kids who play rock-paper-scissors to determine who is going to eat a gummy food version of the real food the other one is going to eat.
—Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gummy
Adjective
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The adhesive material also maintained stable performance after six months in storage.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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Besides proving out helium-3 extraction methods, another hurdle for Interlune’s Prospect Moon will be enduring the moon’s corrosive, adhesive lunar dust.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Using a flexible bench scraper or hard plastic spatula, fold dough over and onto itself several times, scraping bottom and sides of bowl, to bring together into a mass (dough will feel very wet and sticky).—
Claire Saffitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 May 2026
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Dusting your hands with flour can also help with the sticky dough.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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“Gummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gummy. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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