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bumped one's gums

bumped one's gums is the simple past and past participle of bump one's gums.

Meaning of bump one's gums

Verb

bump one's gums (third-person singular simple present bumps one's gums, present participle bumping one's gums, simple past and past participle bumped one's gums)

  1. (US, slang) To chatter or blather.
    • "Quit bumping your gums," X-Ray said, which was his way of telling Twitch to shut up.2003, Louis Sachar, Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake, page 64

Questions about bumped one's gums

What is bumped one's gums the simple past and past participle of?
Bumped one's gums is the simple past and past participle of bump one's gums.

Words near bumped one's gums in the dictionary

  1. bumped and ground
  2. bumped elbows
  3. bumped nasties
  4. bumped off
  5. bumped on
  6. bumped one's gums
  7. bumped purses
  8. bumped uglies
  9. bumped up
  10. bumpee
  11. bumpees

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