English Dictionary

cornball

noun

A ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. / (US, informal) An unsophisticated person. / (US, informal) Something excessively corny.

I can't believe he actually said that cornball joke.

意味（1）

A ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar.

How large and inviting were the cornballs that piled the platter, and how crisp and glossy the braids and twists of molasses candy that mother and cousin had made when the little ones were snug in bed.

意味（2）

(US, informal) An unsophisticated person.

意味（3）

(US, informal) Something excessively corny.

That movie was a real cornball.