bubblegum

[ buhb-uhl-guhm ]

noun
  1. a type of chewing gum that can be blown into large bubbles through the lips.

  2. Slang. light rock-'n'-roll music characterized by simple, repetitive phrasing and lyrics.

Origin of bubblegum

1
First recorded in 1935–40; bubble + gum1

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How to use bubblegum in a sentence

  • Bubble gum had been piling up in the warehouse on the railroad siding back of Reilly Street.

  • Exhibit three was a carbon copy of a report by the stock control clerk at the bubble gum factory.

  • They went to the window and leaned out, looking past a corner of the bubble gum factory.

British Dictionary definitions for bubble gum

bubble gum

noun
  1. a type of chewing gum that can be blown into large bubbles

  2. slang

    • crassly commercial pop music aimed at the very young

    • (as modifier): a bubble-gum hit

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