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gum

Definition

  • noun: the flesh that surrounds the roots of your teeth
  • noun: the tissue that surrounds the necks of teeth and covers the alveolar parts of the jaws
  • verb: to chew (something) with the gums because you do not have teeth
  • verb: to enlarge gullets of (a saw)
  • verb: to clog, impede, or damage with or as if with gum
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: chewing gum, gumdrop, lastex

Examples

  • If they don't deliver the parts we need, we'll really be 'up a gum tree'! [='up the creek']

  • The new regulations have really 'gummed up the works' in the office.

  • Don't use that paper with the copier; you'll 'gum' it 'up'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) At cents wholesale, yeah. Right. So I'm thinking we reorganize the display, separate the food scents from the nature scents. I mean, does bubble gum belong anywhere near ocean spray? No. And pine is still our biggest seller, right? So maybe we move that over to the cash register (..)
    2013 TvShow: Breaking Bad Title: Blood Money Season: 5 Episode 9