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Sticking vs Gummy - What's the difference?

Sticking | gummy |

As nouns the difference between Sticking and gummy

is that Sticking is a sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with drumsticks while gummy is a shorter form of lang=en.

As a verb sticking

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective gummy is

showing the gums.

Sticking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with drumsticks.
  • * 1997 , Gary Cook, Teaching percussion (page 72)
    • Too often the beginning student finds it more difficult to observe the stickings when reading single beats or duple beat divisions (e.g., quarter notes and eighth notes in 4/4 time) than if he or she alternated freely from hand to hand.

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    gummy

    English

    Etymology 1

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    Adjective

    (er)
  • Showing the gums.
    • a gummy grin
    Derived terms
    * gummily * gumminess

    Noun

    (gummies)
  • (Australia)
  • * 2000 , Paul Worsteling, Fishing Western Port , page 12,
    • Over there [the UK], gummies are called smooth hound and a six kilo fish would stop the nation.
  • * 2007 , Bill Classon, Fishing Guide to Victoria?s Coastline , Australian Fishing Network, page 60,
    • Western Port is a great location to find gummies .Gummy sharks are one of the favoured species in Western Port and for good reason: they put up a strong fight and feed of fresh flake is pretty hard to beat.
  • * 2008 , , Fishing Guide to Melbourne and Surrounds , page 44,
    • This area of vast mudflats is right at the top of the port is home to some of the best gummy shark fishing around.As the water drops, the feeding gummies drop off the banks and wait in the channels for food.
  • (Australia, New Zealand) A sheep that is losing or has lost its teeth.

    • Etymology 2

    . The noun was influenced by (m) (from (etyl)).

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling gum (the substance ).
  • Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
  • * Milton:
    • the gummy bark of fir or pine
  • * Dryden:
    • Then rubs his gummy eyes.
    Synonyms
    * gluey, gooey, sticky, tacky
    Derived terms
    * gumminess * gummy bear * gummy tumor, gummy tumour

    Noun

    (gummies)
  • (usually, in the plural) A gummy candy.
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    • Derived terms

    * gummy bear (gummi bear) * gummy worm (gummi worm)