Gumming

Word GUMMING
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈɡʌmɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Gumming"

What do we mean by gumming?

To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.

To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.

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The word "gumming" in example sentences

It consists in gumming together long strips of words which have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Political discourse has reverted to soundbites, the process Orwell described as 'gumming together long strips of words, which have already been set in order by someone else.' ❋ Robert Teitelman (2011)

That snippet of him "gumming" was not nearly enough. ❋ Annie Stamell (2010)

You got the sense from Senator Dodd and I hear it from a lot of the Democrats that somehow Senator McCain and the House Republicans are kind of gumming up the works here for political grandstanding and making a lot of people on both parties annoyed. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Pray, make a request that she might go "gumming" with the other girls that afternoon. ❋ Sarah P. McLean Greene (1895)

Probably Socrates could cook no better than Old Phelps, and no doubt went "gumming" about ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)

Probably Socrates could cook no better than Old Phelps, and no doubt went "gumming" about Athens with very little care of what was in the pot for dinner. ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)

Right now I would be gumming at yogurt and crying my eyes out. ❋ Anne Peterson (2011)

We may think we're working, but we're gumming up the works, distancing ourselves from the people and events we might think we are manipulating but comprehend imperfectly. ❋ John Joss (2012)

But today's greasers typically tweak their rides with kits that can cost a few thousand dollars, to avoid gumming up modern filters and hoses. ❋ Jeffrey Ball (2011)

But the "gumming together long strips of words" has proven even more contagious: For all the good intentions of Occupy Wall Street, the movement still consists of little but slogans, including the "we are the 99%." ❋ Robert Teitelman (2011)

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