sugar-plum

noun

A round or oval sweet/piece of candy made of boiled sugar.

Similar
boiled sweet
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Meanings

nounsugar-plum (plural sugar-plums)

plural sugar-plums · alternative sugar plum · alternative sugarplum

  1. A round or oval sweet/piece of candy made of boiled sugar.
  2. datedA piece of flattery.
  3. Term of endearment: sweetheart, darling.
  4. Uapaca kirkiana, an southern African fruit tree.
  5. The fruit of this tree.
  6. The prune plum.
verbsugar-plum (third-person singular simple present sugar-plums, present participle sugar-plumming, simple past and past participle sugar-plummed)

present singular third person sugar-plums · participle present sugar-plumming · participle past sugar-plummed · past sugar-plummed · alternative sugar plum · alternative sugarplum

  1. colloquialidiomaticintransitiveto daydream

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
boiled sweet
Also see
sweetheart
Cite this entry
APA

sugar-plum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar-plum

MLA

“sugar-plum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar-plum. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sugar-plum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar-plum.

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