cotton candy

noun

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1
: a candy made of spun sugar
2
: something attractive but insubstantial

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the beauty pageant is a variety of cotton candy that the public has clearly started to grow tired of
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Maybe dunking your head in a cotton candy machine, but it's been done. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 Astronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy — super-puffs the size of Jupiter. — Marcia Dunn, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026 The backyard bash featured a bouncy house, cotton candy machines and bubbles for the kids, as well as activities for adults like beer pong and a keg for keg stands. — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 Cotton Candy Grapes These high-sugar green beauties really do taste like cotton candy. — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for cotton candy

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First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of cotton candy was in 1926

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cotton candy

noun
: a candy made of spun sugar
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