gumming

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/ˈɡʌmɪŋ/

noun

The act of chewing without teeth.

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gummosismumbling
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Meanings

noungumming (countable and uncountable, plural gummings)

plural gummings

  1. countableuncountableThe 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. countablehistoricaluncountablebusinessThe manual removal of clay, or "gum", from cut coal.
  3. countableuncountableThe act of fastening with gum, especially the application of gum-water to a lithographic stone.
  4. countableuncountableSynonym of gummosis (“plant disease”).

    Synonyms: gummosis

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gum

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of gummosis (“plant disease”).

Similar
gummosis

More synonyms by meaning

nounineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)

Similar
mumbling
Broader
chewchewingmastication
Also see
gummosismumbling

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gumming

comingbecomingplumbingcummingdrumminghummingchummingmumming
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Cite this entry
APA

gumming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gumming

MLA

“gumming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gumming. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gumming,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gumming.

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