gumming

Noun
Synonyms: mumbling

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)Synonyms: mumbling
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Gum \Gum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gummed (g[u^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Gumming.]

1.To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance. [1913 Webster]

He frets like a gummed velvet.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To chew with the gums, rather than with the teeth. [PJC]

gum up (a) To block or clog (a conduit) with or as if with gum; as, to gum up the drainpipe. (b) to interfere with; to spoil. [Slang] [PJC]

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