(South Africa, often in the plural) A gummi candy.
(US, dialect) A rubber overshoe.
(US, dialect, Southern US) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
(US, dialect, Southern US) A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.
(chiefly uncountable) Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.
(chiefly uncountable) Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
(chiefly uncountable) Chewing gum.
(countable) A single piece of chewing gum.
(often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.
A gum tree.
verb
(colloquial, with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.
(sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence.
(sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
(transitive) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
To stiffen with glue or gum.
mug
mug
adj
(Bermuda, slang) Uninteresting or unpleasant.
(archaic) Easily fooled, gullible.
noun
(UK, Australia, derogatory, slang) A stupid or contemptible person.
(slang) A criminal.
(slang, African-American Vernacular) Motherfucker (usually in similes, e.g. "like a mug" or "as a mug")
(slang, derogatory) A gullible or easily-cheated person.
(slang, often derogatory) The face.
A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.
verb
(UK, Australia, Singapore, slang) To learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.
(intransitive) To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose, as for photographs or in a performance, in an exaggerated or affected manner.
(transitive) To assault for the purpose of robbery.
(transitive) To photograph for identification; to take a mug shot.
