to gum
- verb
- /ɡʌm/
- No, because normal people don't just gum down guac with a spoon.
Examples
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And as long as I have teeth, I will bite you, and if I have no teeth, I will gum you!
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You gonna smoke that or gum it to death?
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The old woman began to gum a seed.
Fiction book (2001) -
Emotions that can't be had lodge themselves in US and gum up our systems.
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Not to gum it, but just so when its tail jams in my back, I know who to bill for the embalming!
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Now when sugars do this, it gums up the function of your cells and your tissues.
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And when I'm old and gray and toothless and bootless, I'll gum it till I go to heaven and booze goes to hell!
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It's on you to be smart, be practical, and not let the quacks get their... uhh, well, I was going to go with "teeth in you," but ducks don't really have teeth, so let's just go with, "don't let the quacks gum you to death with their pond-slick bills."
Blog text (28) -
Kali was too crippled and toothless to be the child-killer, though Aganippe had once seen the grim old girl gum a hapless intruder half to death.
Fiction book (1996) -
The elderly man finds it hard to chew, so he must gum his food instead.
Synonyms
To chew food using the gums when you have no teeth
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A powder from guar seeds used to thicken foods and help make paper and cloth
A small round piece of chewing gum with a hard colored sugar coating often sold in vending machines
- Specialized
A sticky natural substance from the acacia tree used to thicken foods, candies, and medicines
A North American tree with spiky round seed balls and sweet-smelling sap and red leaves in autumn
- UK
A tall fast-growing eucalyptus tree with bluish young leaves used for timber and medicine
- Specialized
A tall tree in eastern North America with horizontal branches and bright red autumn leaves
- Australian
A small Australian eucalyptus tree with rough dark bark at the base and red sap
- Specialized
A skin rash around the lips after chewing bubble gum with artificial colors or flavors
- Specialized
A sticky substance that comes from cherry tree bark and is used to make food thicker
- Australian
A small to medium tree from Tasmania grown for its sweet sap and as a garden tree
A Mediterranean shrub with white flowers and sticky leaves that produce fragrant sap used in perfume
- Specialized
A hard sticky substance from trees in Africa used to make varnish and glue
- Archaic
A yellow sticky substance from some Australian trees used to make varnishes and paper
A North American tree with star-shaped leaves, spiky round fruit, and sticky fragrant sap
- Australian
A reddish-brown sticky substance from eucalyptus bark used in medicine and food
- Specialized
A red or black sticky substance from tropical trees that people use to tan leather and treat wounds
- Australian
A tall Australian tree with smooth bark and a strong lemon smell from its leaves
- Australian
A tall Australian eucalyptus tree whose bark gives a sweet sticky substance
- Specialized
A natural sticky sweet substance from mesquite tree pods used in food and products
- Australian
A medium-sized eucalyptus tree that grows in swampy mountain areas in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia
- Indian
A natural sticky substance from the dhawa tree used to thicken food and other products
- Australian
A small or medium tree from Australia and Tasmania with smooth pale bark that peels in strips
- Specialized
A natural sticky substance from acacia trees used to thicken food and medicine
- Australian
A sticky natural substance from some Australian trees that makers use for varnish and paper
- Specialized
A bitter, strong-smelling gum that people use in traditional medicine and as a spice
- Specialized
A sticky, fragrant substance from a plant used in medicine and to make varnish
- Specialized
A sticky substance from some tropical trees that people use to make varnish and incense
- Specialized
A fragrant resin from trees used in perfumes and to soothe irritated skin
- Specialized
A sticky substance from trees with a sweet scent used to protect skin and scent perfumes and incense
- Indian
A dried sticky juice from the dhak tree used in medicine to help red, sore skin
- Specialized
A hard pale material from certain trees used in varnish, incense, and to make paint shiny
- Specialized
A natural stretchy material from tree sap used to make rubber things like tires or tubing
- Specialized
A bitter brown plant gum once used in medicine and now used mainly for animals
- Specialized
A reddish sticky substance from tropical trees used to make leather and as a medicine
- Specialized
A thick sticky substance from rockrose bushes that helps perfume keep its smell
- Specialized
A thick sticky substance from some trees that people burn to make a pleasant smell and use in perfume
- Specialized
A western American plant with sticky leaves sometimes used as medicine but poisonous to animals
- Specialized
A sticky natural substance from trees used to make medicines, varnish, and incense
- Specialized
A sticky material that insects make in Madagascar and people use for varnish and dye
- Specialized
A sticky natural gum from an Asian tree used to thicken food and cosmetics and to make fabrics smooth
- New Zealand
A hard sticky substance from kauri trees in New Zealand used to make varnish and linoleum
- Australian
A tall Australian tree with crooked branches that grows by rivers and has strong reddish wood
- Australian
A large Australian tree with hard red wood used for building that grows along rivers
- Australian
A very tall eucalyptus tree from eastern Australia grown for its strong wood and for parks
- Specialized
A natural gum from trees called acacia near the Senegal River used to thicken or stabilize food and medicines
- Australian
A medium-sized tree from southern Australia that grows in damp or swampy places
- Australian
A small Australian or Tasmanian tree with smooth light coloured bark that peels in strips
- US
A tree that loses its leaves in autumn and has bright red leaves and small blue berries
- Specialized
A group of related trees that make flowers and fruit, like the sour gum tree
- Specialized
A sticky substance from Asian Sterculia trees used to thicken food, cosmetics, and cloth
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Gum as a verb meaning to chew with the gums comes from the noun gums (the mouth tissue), so to 'gum' food is to use your gums to crush it when you have few or no teeth.