gaum

American  

[gawm, gahm] / gɔm, gɑm /

Also gorm

verb (used with object)

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.

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

   My clothes were gaumed up from that axle grease.

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Etymology

Origin of gaum

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

Example Sentences

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

“How do we know that he didn’t?” said Gaum, smiling.

From Literature

Gaum wanted to make a sham of me.

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

Now that Yegey has apparently cast me off Gaum thinks I must be purchasable, and so prepared to buy me out in his own curious fashion.

From Literature