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Definition of "gumming" []

  • Present participle of gum. (verb)

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Use "gumming" in a sentence
  • "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."
  • "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.'"
  • "That snippet of him "gumming" was not nearly enough."