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    [Noun]  | "gum" | \ ˈgəm \


    1: the tissue that surrounds the necks of teeth and covers the alveolar parts of the jaws; broadly : the alveolar portion of a jaw with its enveloping soft tissues

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English gome, from Old English gōma palate; akin to Old High German guomo palate, and perhaps to Greek chaos abyss;

    [Noun]  | "gum" 


    1: any of numerous colloidal polysaccharide substances of plant origin that are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying and are salts of complex organic acids

    2: any of various plant exudates (such as an oleoresin or gum resin)

    3: a substance or deposit resembling a plant gum (as in sticky or adhesive quality)

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English gomme, from Middle French, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Greek kommi, from Egyptian qmyt;

    [Noun]  | "black gum" 


    1: a tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) of the eastern U.S. with light and soft but tough wood

    Origin: 1709 ;

    [Noun]  | "blue gum" 


    1: any of several Australian trees (genus Eucalyptus) that yield valuable timber

    Origin: 1802 ;

    [Noun]  | "bubble gum" 


    1: a chewing gum that can be blown into large bubbles

    2: rock music having simple repetitive phrasings and intended especially for young teenagers

    Origin: 1937 ;

    [Noun]  | "chewing gum" 


    1: a sweetened and flavored insoluble plastic material (such as a preparation of chicle) used for chewing

    Origin: 1850 ;

    [Noun]  | "guar gum" 


    1: a gum obtained from the endosperm of guar seeds and used especially as a thickening agent and as a sizing material for paper and textiles

    Origin: 1950 ;

    [Noun]  | "ka*ra*ya gum" | \ kə-ˈrī-ə- \


    1: any of several vegetable gums similar to tragacanth and often used as substitutes for it that are obtained from tropical Asian trees (genera Sterculia of the family Sterculiaceae and Cochlospermum of the family Bixaceae); especially : one derived from an Indian tree (S. urens)

    Origin: 1916 ;

     Hindi karāyal resin;

    [Verb]  | "gum" 


    1: to enlarge gullets of (a saw)

    2: to chew with the gums

    Origin: 1777 ;

    [Verb]  | "gum" 


    1: to clog, impede, or damage with or as if with gum

    2: to exude or form gum

    3: to become gummy

    Origin: 1597 ;

    [Noun]  | "gums" 


    1: as in dope, goos;


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    [Verb]  | "gums" 


    1: as in clumps, curdles;



    2: as in pitches, tars;


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    [Verb]  | "gum (up)" 


    1: to prevent passage through by filling with something;


      * e.g., " ... pipes gummed up with cooking grease "




     [ "Gum" ]

    1: A chewy, sticky wad of flavored sugar (or sorbitol or xylitol if it's sugar-free, smarty-pants) that may come as a ball, a stick, a cube, a 6-foot strip in a pink plastic dispenser, etc. Typically flavored as either classic bubblegum, a fruit (juicy fruit, strawberry, watermelon, orange, kiwi, pineapple, dragonfruit, etc.), or some kind of mint (peppermint, spearmint, wintergreen, winterfresh, sweetmint, smooth mint, polar ice, fresh mint; the list goes on. What's the difference? Don't ask me.). Common uses include sticking it under desks, putting it in people's hair, playing with it as slime, using it as a currency/bribe, breath freshener, etc.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: You got any gum? 

     [ "The GUMS" ]

    1: An imaginary aliment suffered occasional by office employees. Actually an acronym that stands for "gotta use my sick-time." Used to describe someone who calls in sick without actually being sick simply to use up sick time before it expires.

      * e.g.,  ... "Bob is out sick today? I hope it's nothing serious" 

     [ "gum" ]

    1: High School Currency

      * e.g.,  ... Got any chewing gum? 

     [ "gum" ]

    1: something you chew on when your bored in class

      * e.g.,  ... i've been chewing 3 pieces of gum for the past 4 periods 

     [ "gum" ]

    1: a bachelor's toothbrush.

      * e.g.,  ... Ricky, who was already late to work, popped some Dentyne gum to cover up last night's halitosis. 

     [ "gumming" ]

    1: Putting drugs between your gums and your mouth walls for a slow dispersion of the drug.

      * e.g.,  ... I got a two 50s, might try gumming them tonight. 

     [ "gum" ]

    1: A delicious rubber like candy that people chew when they are bored or are hungry for sugar.

      * e.g.,  ... I grabbed a delicious piece of Wrigley's 5Gum and chewed on it, mostly because being in the car for so long bored me. 

     [ "gum" ]

    2: Bubblegum is gum you chew and can blow bubbles out of.

     [ "gum" ]

    3: Chewing gum can only be chewed, most people chew chewing gum for fresh breath.

     [ "gum" ]

    4: Gum has many different flavors. Most common for bubblegum: Strawberry

     [ "gum" ]

    5: Most common for chewing gum: Peppermint

     [ "gumming" ]

    1: the act of a toothless person, such as an old lady or a carni, giving head, and all you get is gums

      * e.g.,  ... That carni just gave me the best gum job! 

     [ "gum" ]

    1: Good thing that people chew. Comes in various flavors and is rubber like.

      * e.g.,  ... I was chewing gum yesterday. 

     [ "Gummed" ]

    1: Verb: The act of oral sex with an elderly person, who forgot to put their dentures in, while they gnaw and bite on the other person's genitals.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dude, last night I got gummed!" 

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