gumming
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/ˈɡʌmɪŋ/
English
Definitions
verb
- To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
- To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
verb
- (sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
- To stiffen with glue or gum.
- (sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence.
- (with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.“That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves.”
noun
- The act of chewing without teeth.
- The manual removal of clay, or "gum", from cut coal.
- The act of fastening with gum, especially the application of gum-water to a lithographic stone.
- A disease marked by a discharge of gum, affecting stone fruit.
Related words
Synonyms
mumblinggumchewinggum jobchewchewing-gumgumjobchewing gumgnawgum-jobchewingchompinggnawingbubblegumgulpingchewiechomp