chewing gum
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- noun
- /ˈtʃuːɪŋ ɡʌm/
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- After finishing my lunch, I always enjoy a piece of chewing gum to freshen my breath.
- use chewing gum
- children using chewing gum
- such as chewing gum
Does anyone else out there love chewing gum so much?
- Does anyone else out there love chewing gum so much?
- These are things like T-shirts and chewing gum and any kind of apparel, anything that the regular consumer would buy that isn't a business.
- It's it's if I, if you were more of a, you know, a chewing gum girl, you know, just the people who are just like, oh, I need a chewing gum.
Examples
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Every time you made a deposit, he'd give you a piece of Bazooka chewing gum.
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I just bought a case of chewing gum at Costco to feed my restless jaw.
Blog text (25) -
Does anyone else out there love chewing gum so much?
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Would you like to buy a chewing gum?
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How about some chewing gum?
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Here is your chewing gum.
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I always use chewing gum on these rides.
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What's with the chewing gum?
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The case involved two competing chewing gum companies using baseball cards with major league player images to promote their products.
Academic text (2016) -
"You'd better spit out that chewing gum before you go," Akira says, clicking his computer mouse.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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A sweet, flavored piece you chew to freshen breath or for fun
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A sweet chewing gum that you can blow into bubbles
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A small chewy piece of candy you chew once
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'chewing' (the action of grinding in the mouth) with 'gum' (a sweetened, flavored material for chewing); together they unambiguously denote gum intended for chewing. This noun–noun/compound pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Chewing gum comes from the old habit of chewing a sticky gum made from tree sap and 'not swallowing' it. That's why today chewing gum means a sweet, flavored piece you chew for fresh breath or taste, not to eat.