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chewing-gum

chewing-gum is the dated form of chewing gum.

Meaning of chewing gum

Noun

chewing gum (countable and uncountable, plural chewing gums)

  1. A flavoured preparation of chicle or synthetic rubber, made for chewing, commonly used for freshening breath, stress relief, and cognitive focus.
    Synonyms:
    chewie

Forms of chewing-gum

pluralchewing-gums

Questions about chewing-gum

What is chewing-gum the dated form of?
Chewing-gum is the dated form of chewing gum.

Words near chewing-gum in the dictionary

  1. chewing tobaccos
  2. chewing up
  3. chewing up and spitting out
  4. chewing-ball
  5. chewing-balls
  6. chewing-gum
  7. chewing-gumless
  8. chewing-gummy
  9. chewing-gums
  10. chewingly
  11. chewings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chewing-gum (page history and authors); chewing gum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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