noun
gumming
Gumming (noun) means chewing food using the gums when you have no teeth.
noun
1
Chewing food using the gums when you have no teeth.
"We give teething babies ABC books made of materials that can withstand repeated gummings."
— Don Byrd, The Poetics of the Common Knowledge (1994)
2
Taking clay or dirt out of coal by hand after it has been cut.
3
Sticking something together with gum, such as coating a printing stone with gum-water.
4
Another word for gummosis, a disease affecting plants.
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What is the meaning of gumming?
"gumming" (noun) means chewing food using the gums when you have no teeth.
What is another word for gumming?
Other words for "gumming" include mumbling.
What are the different meanings of gumming?
"gumming" has 3 main meanings: 1. Chewing food using the gums when you have no teeth; 2. Taking clay or dirt out of coal by hand after it has been cut; 3. Sticking something together with gum, such as coating a printing stone with gum-water.
