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I. noun
Date: circa 1949
an unsophisticated person; also something corny
II. adjective
Date: 1951
corny <cornball humor>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
cornball
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cornball — ☆ cornball [kôrn′bôl΄ ] adj. [ CORN1, n. 7 + (SCREW)BALL] Slang unsophisticated, old fashioned, banal, sentimental, etc.; corny n. Slang a cornball person or thing … English World dictionary
Cornball — Corn ball (k[^o]rn b[add]l), n. 1. a {corn ball}. [PJC] 2. a person who is corny; one who is overly sentimental. [informal] [PJC] 3. an unsophisticated person; a country bumpkin. [informal] [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cornball — corn ball (k[^o]rn b[add]l), a. same as {corny[5]}. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cornball — 1. n. a stupid or corny person. □ He’s a cornball, but he’s fun. □ Who invited this cornball to my party? 2. mod. stupid or corny. □ What a cornball idea! □ Ken … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
cornball — corn|ball [ˈko:nbo:l US ˈko:rnbo:l] adj [only before noun] AmE informal cornball humour is extremely simple, old fashioned, and silly ▪ Country and Western songs always have such cornball titles … Dictionary of contemporary English
cornball — adjective (only before noun) AmE informal cornball humour is too simple, old fashioned, unoriginal, and silly: At lunchtime he bored us with these awful cornball jokes … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
cornball — noun a) An unsophisticated person. That movie was a real cornball. b) Something excessively corny … Wiktionary
cornball — /ˈkɔnbɔl/ (say kawnbawl) Chiefly US –noun 1. a sentimentalist, especially one given to trite and hackneyed expressions. –adjective 2. sentimental in a trite and hackneyed way. {US cornball popcorn rolled into a ball and stuck together with… …
cornball — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: corn ball “ball of popped corn and molasses” (influenced in meaning by corn (I) “something corny” & screwball, meatball) slang : an unsophisticated person : rube, hick; … Useful english dictionary
Cornball Express — reaching the top of its lift hill. Location Indiana Beach Coordinates … Wikipedia
