bump one's gums

verb

To chatter or blather.

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Meanings

verbbump 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)

present singular third person bumps one's gums · participle present bumping one's gums · participle past bumped one's gums · past bumped one's gums

  1. USslangTo 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
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