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GUMDROP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gumdrop mean?
• GUMDROP (noun)
The noun GUMDROP has 1 sense:
1. a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals
Familiarity information: GUMDROP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A jellied candy coated with sugar crystals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("gumdrop" is a kind of...):
candy; confect (a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gumdrop"):
jujube (chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat))
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