cornball

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar.
  2. An unsophisticated person.
  3. Something or someone excessively corny.
  4. A corny person; an uncool, stupid, or lame person.
adj
  1. Naive, corny.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cornball.wav

Word forms

cornball cornballs more cornball most cornball

Etymology

From corn + ball.

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