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gummings

/ˈɡʌmɪŋz/

gummings is the plural of gumming.

Meaning of gumming

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

Questions about gummings

What is gummings the plural of?
Gummings is the plural of gumming.
How do you pronounce gummings?
Gummings is pronounced /ˈɡʌmɪŋz/.

Words near gummings in the dictionary

  1. gumminess
  2. gumminesses
  3. gumming
  4. gumming up
  5. gumming up the works
  6. gummings
  7. gummint
  8. gummints
  9. gummis
  10. gummite
  11. gummites

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