Gumball
[guhm-bawl] /ˈgʌmˌbɔl/
noun
1.
a brightly colored of sugar-coated .
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+)
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