Synonyms of gumming

Noun

1. mumbling, gumming, chew, chewing, mastication, manduction

usage: ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)

Verb

1. gum, put on, apply

usage: cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; "if you gum the tape it is stronger"

2. mumble, gum, chew, masticate, manducate, jaw

usage: grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"

3. gum, change

usage: become sticky

4. gum, exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze

usage: exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"