cornball
Americannoun
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popcorn rolled into a ball and flavored with molasses or caramel.
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Informal.
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a person who indulges in clichés or sentimentality.
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a country bumpkin; hick.
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adjective
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adjective
Etymology
Origin of cornball
1835–45, corn 1 + ball 1; cornball defs. 2, 3 influenced by slang sense of corn. screwball, oddball
Example Sentences
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Davis and Head make strong impressions, masking the pedestrian, sometimes cornball dialogue.
From Los Angeles Times
Once I noticed that the supermarket where I shop was churning out generic cornball Walmart country music to a staff that consisted almost entirely of Hispanic women.
The show can border on the cornball; the characters are the sort you might have seen in the sort of dramas popular in 1868.
From Los Angeles Times
For all its emotionality, the dialogue can be a little flat, a little stiff, a little cornball.
From Los Angeles Times
The video monitors went their own crazy way, whether unmusically flipping from close-ups of fingers and lips or attempting surreal cornball special effects.
From Los Angeles Times
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