Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A disease in trees bearing stone-fruits, as cherries, plums, apricots, peaches, and almonds.
- noun The treatment of the prepared and etched lithographic stone with gum-water, to cause the untouched portions to resist the ink. See
lithography .
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- verb Present participle of
gum .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
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Examples
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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.
Why Oh Why Can't Hayek Write Better?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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: Kay on Havel, Orwell and the Greengrocer Robert Teitelman 2011
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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: Kay on Havel, Orwell and the Greengrocer Robert Teitelman 2011
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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: Kay on Havel, Orwell and the Greengrocer Robert Teitelman 2011
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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.'
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Robert Teitelman 2011
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That snippet of him "gumming" was not nearly enough.
Annie Stamell: John Stamos Makes His Glee Debut As Dr. Carl, Raises Dentist Standards Everywhere Annie Stamell 2010
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That snippet of him "gumming" was not nearly enough.
Annie Stamell: John Stamos Makes His Glee Debut As Dr. Carl, Raises Dentist Standards Everywhere Annie Stamell 2010
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