I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bubble gum
chew gum/tobacco
chewing gum
gum tree
sweet gum
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
chewing
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Along with democracy and equality came chewing gum and Christmas.
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Somewhere between ginger, orange, peppermint and chewing gum .
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If the cooling system sprang a leak pilots had to land and mend the pipe with chewing gum and insulation tape.
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Maxham took out something which looked like a piece of chewing gum .
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Your goddess, perhaps, is chewing gum .
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Clean transport, safe transport with nice conductors and no chewing gum on the seats.
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My teeth are soft like chewing gum .
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Types of smoking cessation aids Nicorette, a chewing gum containing nicotine, is by far the most widely tested cessation product.
■ NOUN
bubble
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Ginseng bubble gum will come next, for the findesiècle beach blanket set.
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My soul is tasty and chewy like bubble gum .
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That's what you get for buying your jewellery from a bubble gum machine.
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More than half of them said it tastes like melted-down bubble gum , which is an apt description of Josta.
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Miguel said, bubble gum clacking in his mouth.
tree
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They turned into a dirt track flanked by very young gum trees .
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And the low cliffs, covered in gum trees , were a pleasure to behold.
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Other horses wandered loose among the gum trees , while still others were muzzled and tied up.
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The ponies were tied up in the shade to the branches of a row of gum trees which divided the two pitches.
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The spear-shaped leaves of the gum tree were dappling their faces as the sun moved towards the Andes.
■ VERB
chew
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A trolley was wheeled past by two brutish-looking orderlies chewing gum .
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They starved themselves and chewed gum laced with laxatives to lose weight.
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Despite throwing chewing gum wrappers at stand-in boss Howard Wilkinson, he was still unable to get a game!
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She often showed up late for class, and she chewed gum and tossed her ponytail and whispered and giggled with Servio.
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Becky was chewing gum , Rufus thought.
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At Disney World, no chewing gum is sold.
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Ashley Haworth-Roberts, London Is there any physiological reason why chewing gum always keeps me awake while driving my car?
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After one encounter, I did draw one: I let no one near me with chewing gum in his mouth.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be up a gum tree
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He champed on his gum in time to the music, and kept a poker-faced expression.
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She was always laughing, and her gums were all pink and wet and shiny.
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Somewhere between ginger, orange, peppermint and chewing gum .
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The gum looks clear over them and they will soon be through.
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The forests are mostly mixes of loblolly pine and sweet gum , with a holly and huckleberry understory.
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There, they surrendered cigarettes, breath mints and gum , which might pick up radioactivity that could be ingested.
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Vitamin C is also important for healthy gums.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any post office receipts for registered mail should be gummed into a special book kept for that purpose. 5.
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Her mouth was gummed up from licking too many envelopes, and she needed a cup of coffee.
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It can gum up the intestine or cause acute appendicitis.
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It is a good idea to open and close valves every so often to make sure that they don't get gummed up.
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My release is getting all gummed up.
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The Crows thought long hair was fashionable, and sometimes gummed horsetails into it to increase its length.
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The theory is that his balky digestion -- gummed up by too much fruit -- will now return to normal.