gummer
English
noun
Definitions
- A person or machine that applies gum.
- A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.
- A cow or sheep etc. that has lost all of its teeth.
Etymology
Suffix from English gum (flesh around teeth).
Origin
English
gum
Gloss
flesh around teeth
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begum English
- bubblegum English
- chewing gum English
- degum English
- estergum English
- floodgum English
- gum English
- gumball English
- gumboil English
- gumboot English
- gumbuyer English
- gumdigger English
- gumdrop English
- gumfield English
- gumland English
- gumless English
- gumlike English
- gumline English
- gummiferous English
- gummose English
- gummosis English
- gummy English
- gumnut English
- gumshield English
- gumshoe English
- gumweed English
- gumwood English
- oleogum English
- redgum English
- sweetgum English
- ungum English
- ガム Japanese
- gome Middle English
- gum Scots
- gam Hausa