bubblegum

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/ˈbʌbəlɡʌm//ˈbʌbl̩ɡʌm/

noun

A sweet, stretchable chewing gum designed for blowing bubbles.

Similar
bubblegum pop
OriginEnglish gum ← Middle English gumme ← Anglo-Norman gome →
Less commonScrabble 18
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Meanings

nounbubblegum (countable and uncountable, plural bubblegums)

plural bubblegums · alternative bubble gum

  1. uncountableusuallyA sweet, stretchable chewing gum designed for blowing bubbles.
  2. countablederogatorysometimesuncountableentertainmentA type of pop music marked by sweetness, pep and charm (rather than depth or complexity).

    Born in the small town of Rockwood, east Tennessee, Carter’s bubblegum sound and mini-bad boy image made him the definitive millennium child star.

    2022 November 6, Emma Garland, “Aaron Carter was the millennium’s bubblegum bad boy – and the victim of a rapacious music industry”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023

    Synonyms: bubblegum pop

  3. countableuncountableA light pink colour, the hue in which bubblegum is traditionally coloured.

    […] She chewed on her bubblegum lips. “I’m Chloe Green.”

    2017, Sara Codair, Half Breeds
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    […] a bubblegum-pink leather wrist- watch band in Woolworth's window on Fifth Avenue catches my eye.

    1975, William Targ, Indecent Pleasures, page 109

    Kim—tanned, a bubblegum-pink mouth, pegged jeans, high butt, high heels.

    1987, Judith Moore, The Left Coast of Paradise: California and the American Heart, page 36

    […] scanning the crowd for Marina's familiar shade of pink hair. […] I stalk onward, casting a look at every hint of bubblegum hair. "[…] Angel points toward a stage, and it's not the flash of pink hair that catches my attention; it's her voice.

    2026, Paige Lavoie, My Boyfriend Is a Swamp Monster
adjective

alternative bubble gum

  1. Tasting like bubblegum.
  2. broadlyfigurativelyinformalSweet, perky, or youthful.

    Last year, the Daily Mail found that Emily in Paris, a bubblegum dramedy starring Lily Collins, plugged 37 brands throughout 10 episodes.

    2025 October 29, Alaina Demopoulos, “What’s with the sponcon slop in Nobody Wants This? Netflix, nobody wants this”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2025
  3. informalentertainmentPoppy; typical of, or in the style of, pop music.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of pop music marked by sweetness, pep and charm (rather than depth or complexity).

Similar
bubblegum pop
Also see
bubblegum pop

Origin

  1. Englishbubble
  2. Egyptianqmy
  3. Egyptianqmyt
  4. Ancient Greekκόμμι (kómmi)
  5. Latincummis
  6. Late Latingumma
  7. Anglo-Normangome
  8. Middle Englishgumme
  9. Englishgum
  10. Englishbubblegum

From bubble + gum.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 吹波糖, 吹波膠 /吹波胶
  • 吹波糖chewing gum — see also chewing gum
  • 吹波膠 /吹波胶 (ceoi¹ bo¹ gaau¹)chewing gum — see also chewing gum
Chinese Mandarin 泡泡糖, 口水歌
  • 泡泡糖 (pàopàotáng)chewing gum — see also chewing gum
  • 口水歌 (kǒushuǐgē)type of pop music
Czech bublinová žvýkačka
  • bublinová žvýkačkachewing gum — see also chewing gum
Danish ballontyggegummi
  • ballontyggegummichewing gum — see also chewing gum
Finnish purukumi, pallopurukumi
  • purukumichewing gum — see also chewing gum
  • pallopurukumichewing gum — see also chewing gum
  • purkkatype of pop music
French gomme à bulles, gomme à claquer
  • gomme à bulleschewing gum — see also chewing gum
  • gomme à claquerchewing gum — see also chewing gum
  • gomme ballounechewing gum — see also chewing gum
  • chewing-gumchewing gum — see also chewing gum
Hungarian rágógumi
  • rágógumichewing gum — see also chewing gum
Icelandic kúlutyggjó
  • kúlutyggjóchewing gum — see also chewing gum
Japanese 風船ガム, バブルガム
  • 風船ガム (fūsen gamu)chewing gum — see also chewing gum
  • バブルガム (baburu gamu)chewing gum — see also chewing gum
Korean 풍선껌, 버블검
  • 풍선껌 (pungseonkkeom)chewing gum — see also chewing gum
  • 버블검 (beobeulgeom)type of pop music
Norwegian Bokmål ballongtyggegummi, ballongtyggis
  • ballongtyggegummichewing gum — see also chewing gum
  • ballongtyggischewing gum — see also chewing gum
Polish guma balonowa, balonówka
  • guma balonowachewing gum — see also chewing gum
  • balonówkachewing gum — see also chewing gum
Portuguese chiclete, goma de mascar
  • chicletechewing gum — see also chewing gum
  • goma de mascarchewing gum — see also chewing gum
Russian бубльгу́м
  • бубльгу́м (bublʹgúm)chewing gum — see also chewing gum
Spanish chicle, goma de mascar
  • chiclechewing gum — see also chewing gum
  • goma de mascarchewing gum — see also chewing gum
Swedish bubbelgum
  • bubbelgumchewing gum — see also chewing gum
Thai หมากฝรั่ง
  • หมากฝรั่ง (màak-fà-ràng)chewing gum — see also chewing gum
Turkish sakız, ciklet
  • sakızchewing gum — see also chewing gum
  • cikletchewing gum — see also chewing gum
Yiddish בלעזל־גומע
  • בלעזל־גומע (blezl-gume)chewing gum — see also chewing gum
Cite this entry
APA

bubblegum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bubblegum

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“bubblegum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bubblegum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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