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Vinony

gumming

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌmɪŋ/

noun

  1. The act of chewing without teeth.

    “We give teething babies ABC books made of materials that can withstand repeated gummings.”

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

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of gum