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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From bubble + gum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʌbəlɡʌm/, /ˈbʌbl̩ɡʌm/
Noun
bubblegum (countable and uncountable, plural bubblegums)
- (usually uncountable) A sweet chewing gum formulated to be stretchy so the chewer can blow bubbles with it.
- (music, sometimes derogatory) A type of pop music marked by sweetness, pep and charm (rather than depth or complexity).
2022 November 6, Emma Garland, “Aaron Carter was the millennium’s bubblegum bad boy – and the victim of a rapacious music industry”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Born in the small town of Rockwood, east Tennessee, Carter’s bubblegum sound and mini-bad boy image made him the definitive millennium child star.
- (countable and uncountable) A light pink colour, like bubblegum.
bubblegum:
Translations
chewing gum
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 吹波糖 (ceoi1 bo1 tong4-2), 吹波膠/吹波胶 (ceoi1 bo1 gaau1)
- Mandarin: 泡泡糖 (zh) (pàopàotáng)
- Czech: bublinová žvýkačka f
- Danish: ballontyggegummi n
- Faroese: bløðrutyggigummi
- Finnish: purukumi (fi), pallopurukumi
- French: gomme à bulles f (Canada), gomme à claquer f (Canada), gomme balloune f (Canada), chewing-gum (fr)
- Hungarian: rágógumi (hu)
- Icelandic: kúlutyggjó n
- Japanese: 風船ガム (fūsen gamu), バブルガム (baburu gamu)
- Korean: 풍선껌 (ko) (pungseonkkeom)
- Macedonian: гума за џвакање f (guma za džvakanje), мастика f (mastika)
- Navajo: jeeh dildoní
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ballongtyggegummi, ballongtyggis
- Nynorsk: ballongtyggegummi, ballongtyggis
- Polish: guma balonowa (pl) f, balonówka (pl) f
- Portuguese: chiclete (pt) m, goma de mascar (pt) f
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: bubbelgum (sv) n
- Thai: หมากฝรั่ง (màak-fà-ràng)
- Turkish: sakız (tr), ciklet (tr)
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Adjective
bubblegum
- Tasting like bubblegum.
- (by extension) Sweet, perky, or youthful.