gumming

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʌmɪŋ/

Verb

gumming

  1. present participle of gum

Noun

gumming (plural gummings)

  1. The act of chewing without teeth.
    • 1994, Don Byrd, The Poetics of the Common Knowledge, page 201:
      We give teething babies ABC books made of materials that can withstand repeated gummings.
  2. (mining, historical) The manual removal of clay, or "gum", from cut coal.
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