GOBSTOPPER

Meaning of GOBSTOPPER in English

n ( BrE infml )

a large hard round sweet. Many gobstoppers change colour as they are sucked. They are popular with children. The name comes from gob , a British slang word for ‘mouth’.

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GOBSTOPPER — n. (British) large and hard candy
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GOBSTOPPER — ■ noun chiefly Brit. a large, hard spherical sweet.
Concise Oxford English vocab
GOBSTOPPER — gobstopper BrE AmE ˈɡɒb ˌstɒp ə AmE \ ˈɡɑːb ˌstɑːp ə r ▷ gobstopper|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GOBSTOPPER — / ˈgɒbstɒpə(r); NAmE ˈgɑːbstɑːpər/ ( BrE ) ( NAmE jaw·break·er ) noun a very large hard round sweet / candy …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GOBSTOPPER — UK, US jawbreaker [noun] [C] - a large round hard sweet which often has different coloured layers
Cambridge English vocab
GOBSTOPPER — кляп (твёрдый круглый леденец; меняет цвет по мере того, как его сосут)
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
GOBSTOPPER
Cocney English vocab
GOBSTOPPER — "кляп" (твёрдый круглый леденец; меняет цвет по мере того, как его сосут)
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
JAWBREAKER — ■ noun informal 1》 a word that is very long or hard to pronounce. 2》 chiefly N. Amer. a large …
Concise Oxford English vocab
JAWBREAKER — / ˈdʒɔːbreɪkə(r); NAmE / noun ( NAmE ) = gobstopper
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWEET — n. 25B6; adjective sweet biscuits : SUGARY, sweetened, saccharine; sugared, honeyed, candied, glacé; sickly, cloying. the sweet scent of roses …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DODDLE (SIMPLE TASK) — gobstopper
Cocney English vocab

Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary

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