Dictionary

bubblegum en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbʌbəlɡʌm/
• /ˈbʌbl̩ɡʌm/

Etymology

From bubble + gum.

Meanings

1. Tasting like bubblegum.
2. (broadly, figuratively, informal) Sweet, 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:
3. (informal) Poppy; typical of, or in the style of, pop music.

Forms

bubblegum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbʌbəlɡʌm/
• /ˈbʌbl̩ɡʌm/

Etymology

From bubble + gum.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A sweet, stretchable chewing gum designed for blowing bubbles.
2. (countable, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable) A 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:
3. (countable, uncountable) A 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:
   • 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:
   • […] a bubblegum-pink leather wrist- watch band in Woolworth's window on Fifth Avenue catches my eye. 1975, William Targ, Indecent Pleasures, page 109:

Forms

Deriveds

bubblegummy · Bubbline · bubblegrunge

Synonyms

bubblegum pop

Translations (42)

pt chiclete (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · cmn 泡泡糖 (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · da ballontyggegummi (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · is kúlutyggjó (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · nb ballongtyggegummi (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · fi purkka (type of pop music) · nb ballongtyggis (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · cmn 口水歌 (type of pop music) · fi purukumi (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · tr sakız (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · ary مسكة (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · fr gomme balloune (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · fi pallopurukumi (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · pl balonówka (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · fo bløðrutyggigummi (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · nv jeeh dildoní (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · ajp مسكة (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · sv bubbelgum (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · fr gomme à bulles (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · pt goma de mascar (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · nn ballongtyggis (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · nn ballongtyggegummi (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · ru бубльгу́м (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · yue 吹波糖 (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · pl guma balonowa (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · yue 吹波膠 /吹波胶 (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · tr ciklet (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · hu rágógumi (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · ja 風船ガム (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · th หมากฝรั่ง (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · yi בלעזל־גומע (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · ko 풍선껌 (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · es chicle (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · cs bublinová žvýkačka (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · fr gomme à claquer (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · es goma de mascar (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · fr chewing-gum (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · mk гума за џвакање (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · ja バブルガム (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · ko 버블검 (type of pop music) · tpi abababa (chewing gum — see also chewing gum) · mk мастика (chewing gum — see also chewing gum)