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cornball

[kawrn-bawl]
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noun

popcorn rolled into a ball and flavored with molasses or caramel.
Informal.
  1. a person who indulges in clichés or sentimentality.
  2. a country bumpkin; hick.

adjective

Informal. corny1(def 2).

RELATED WORDS

weepy, sentimental, romantic, mushy, mawkish, syrupy, wistful, regretful, mundane, hackneyed, vapid, stupid, dumb, corny, trite, bland, banal, dull, straightforward, naive

Nearby words

  1. corn-picker,
  2. corn-pone,
  3. corn-root aphid,
  4. corn.,
  5. cornaceous,
  6. cornbraid,
  7. cornbread,
  8. corncob,
  9. corncob pipe,
  10. corncockle

Origin of cornball

1835–45, Americanism; corn1 + ball1;defs 2, 3 influenced by slang sense of corn. Cf. screwball, oddball
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British Dictionary definitions for cornball

cornball

noun

a person given to mawkish or unsophisticated behaviour

adjective

another word for corny

Word Origin for cornball

C20: from corn ball a sweet consisting of a ball of popcorn and molasses
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