chicle

[ chik-uhl ]

noun

1. a gumlike substance obtained from the latex of certain tropical American trees, as the sapodilla, used chiefly in the manufacture of chewing gum.

chicle

/ ˈtʃɪkəl /

noun

1. a gumlike substance obtained from the sapodilla; the main ingredient of chewing gum Also calledchicle gum

Word History and Origins

Origin of chicle¹

1860–65, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl tzictli

Word History and Origins

Origin of chicle¹

from Spanish, from Nahuatl chictli

Example Sentences

In 1885 the United States imported 929,959 pounds of chicle.

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Within thirty days he must remove his wagons, his tractors, his chicle kettles, everything that belongs to him.

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Someone had told him that Daego had made a quarter of a million dollars the previous year on chicle.

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Burl had been with him once before, when they had trekked through the chicle forests of Guatemala in search of a lost Mayan city.

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El chicle se saca del zapote y del chicozapote, rboles de Mjico y Amrica Central.

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