gumball

[guhm-bawl] /ˈgʌmˌbɔl/

noun

a brightly colored ball of sugar-coated chewing gum.

Origin

1880-85, Americanism; gum¹ + ball¹

Examples from the web for gumball

Look at an above gumball somewhere in the of the picture.
It took sixty seconds to bake a batch of thirty cakes, each the size of a gumball.
There are tips and clues available for those times when the gumball stalls.

Slang definitions & phrases for gumball

noun

The lights carried atop a police car; party hat: Don't believe in gumballs. I kinda like to sneak around, you know

verb

: A dozen police cars blocking the streets, their red-and-blue lights gumballing in all directions (1970s+)