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verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

gummy up

gummy up · gummies up · gummied up · gummying up

Synonym of gum upSynonym of gum up.

Meaning

3 senses

Synonym of gum up.
(informal)To make (something) gummy, such as by covering it in glue or sticky dried sugar.
(broadly, figuratively)To mess up or break (something), especially by making it sticky or slow.

Forms

gummies up, gummying up, gummied up, gummied up

Base form	gummy up · to gummy up
3rd person singular	gummies up
Present participle	gummying up
Past simple	gummied up
Past participle	gummied up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	gummy up
he, she, it	gummies up

Past simpleLesson

all persons

gummied up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have gummied up
he, she, it	has gummied up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will gummy up

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

gumB2 gumball gummy gumption gunA2 gunfight

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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