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gumming

/ˈɡʌmɪŋ/

gumming noun: the act of chewing without teeth. Also the present participle and gerund of gum.

Noun

gumming (countable and uncountable, plural gummings)

  1. The act of chewing without teeth.
    • We give teething babies ABC books made of materials that can withstand repeated gummings.1994, Don Byrd, The Poetics of the Common Knowledge, page 201
  2. (historical) The manual removal of clay, or "gum", from cut coal.
  3. The act of fastening with gum, especially the application of gum-water to a lithographic stone.
  4. Synonym of gummosis (“plant disease”).
    Synonyms:
    gummosis

Also used as

gumming is also the present participle and gerund of gum.

Synonyms of gumming

Forms of gumming

pluralgummings

Words formed from gumming

Phrases with gumming

Words that rhyme with gumming

Questions about gumming

What does gumming mean?
Gumming means the act of chewing without teeth.
What part of speech is gumming?
Gumming is a noun.
How do you pronounce gumming?
Gumming is pronounced /ˈɡʌmɪŋ/.
What is the plural of gumming?
The plural of gumming is gummings.

Words near gumming in the dictionary

  1. gummiest
  2. gummiferous
  3. gummily
  4. gumminess
  5. gumminesses
  6. gumming
  7. gumming up
  8. gumming up the works
  9. gummings
  10. gummint
  11. gummints

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