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Gumming

verb
/ˈɡʌmɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
2.verbTo deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
3.verb(sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
4.verbTo stiffen with glue or gum.
5.verb(sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence.
6.verb(with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.
"That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves."
7.nounThe act of chewing without teeth.
8.nounThe manual removal of clay, or "gum", from cut coal.
9.nounThe act of fastening with gum, especially the application of gum-water to a lithographic stone.
10.nounA disease marked by a discharge of gum, affecting stone fruit.

Synonyms

mumblinggumchewinggum jobchewchewing-gumgumjobchewing gumgnawgum-jobchewingchompinggnawing

Rhymes With

forthcomingshortcomingcomingupcomingbecomingunbecominghummingrimming
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