bubble gum
Britishnoun
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a type of chewing gum that can be blown into large bubbles
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slang
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crassly commercial pop music aimed at the very young
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( as modifier )
a bubble-gum hit
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Example Sentences
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If you were on Instagram in 2016, the odds of you spotting this bubble gum pink wall on your timeline was extremely high.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
It’s a messy patchwork that has been assembled over decades, and is held together with the digital equivalent of Scotch tape and bubble gum.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
In the 1930s, companies began printing athletes’ biographies on baseball cards and selling them in packs of bubble gum.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 3, 2023
I am happy to report it was very effective and smelled like bubble gum.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
The deputy told me to empty my pockets: two quarters, a penny, a stick of bubble gum, and a roll of grip tape for my skateboard.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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