gumdrop
noun
a small candy made of gum arabic, gelatin, or the like, sweetened and flavored.
gumdrops
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pluralof gumdrop.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Plus: Does anyone really like nibbling desiccated gumdrops?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
But that doesn’t mean it’s gumdrops, rainbows and good vibes only.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Three months later, on a cold December day, we bought a tree together and decorated it with strands of popcorn and gumdrops.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2022
And how catastrophic would it be if, as the children’s tune goes, all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops?
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2022
Cobwebs trembled and danced as the first of the spiders appeared: no larger than gumdrops, but plump and black, skittering over the walls and the floor.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
