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gulping
  • n  a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
  • n  the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly
  • v  to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
  • v  utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly
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gum
  • n  a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
  • n  the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
  • n  any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
  • n  cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
  • n  wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
  • n  any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
  • v  cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
    if you gum the tape it is stronger
  • v  grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
  • v  become sticky
  • v  exude or form gum
    these trees gum in the Spring
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gum-lac
  • n  an inferior lac produced by lac insects in Madagascar
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gum acacia
  • n  gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)
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gum accroides
  • n  an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper
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gum albanum
  • n  a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida
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gum arabic
  • n  gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)
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gum ball
  • n  a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar
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gum benjamin
  • n  gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
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