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GUM UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gum up mean?
• GUM UP (verb)
The verb GUM UP has 1 sense:
1. stick together as if with gum
Familiarity information: GUM UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stick together as if with gum
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
the inside of the pipe has gummed up
Hypernyms (to "gum up" is one way to...):
back up; choke; choke off; clog; clog up; congest; foul (become or cause to become obstructed)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something ----s something
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