gaum

[ gawm, gahm ]

verb (used with object)

, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.

1. to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up ):

   My clothes were gaumed up from that axle grease.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gaum¹

1790–1800; also British dial.; of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

In August 2017, at the height of animosities with the then-Trump administration, North Korea’s Strategic Forces threatened to make “an enveloping fire” near Gaum with Hwasong-12 missiles.

From Seattle Times

Tina Cordova, a cancer survivor and co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, said she has been working on the legislation for months with other residents of places affected by radiation, from Indigenous communities in New Mexico to Gaum.

From Seattle Times

So Gaum, who wanted me to be a liar, was an agent of the secret police of Orgoreyn.

From Literature

There were vivid personalities among them—Obsle, Slose, the handsome and detestable Gaum—and yet each of them lacked some quality, some dimension of being; and they failed to convince.

From Literature

At the sideboard, before the taboo on conversation applied, Obsle remarked to me while loading up his plate with batter-fried sube-eggs, “The fellow named Mersen is a spy from Erhenrang, and Gaum there is an open agent of the Sarf, you know.”

From Literature