Gum

A chewy, sticky wad of flavored sugar (or sorbitol or xylitol if it's sugar-free, smarty-pants) that may come as a ball, a stick, a cube, a 6-foot strip in a pink plastic dispenser, etc. Typically flavored as either classic bubblegum, a fruit (juicy fruit, strawberry, watermelon, orange, kiwi, pineapple, dragonfruit, etc.), or some kind of mint (peppermint, spearmint, wintergreen, winterfresh, sweetmint, smooth mint, polar ice, fresh mint; the list goes on. What's the difference? Don't ask me.). Common uses include sticking it under desks, putting it in people's hair, playing with it as slime, using it as a currency/bribe, breath freshener, etc.

Person 1: You got any gum?
Person 2: Yes. Mint gum. $1 per piece.
Person 1: What?! THAT'S SO -- Okay. *hands over dollar*
Person 2: Nice doing business with you. *takes dollar, then takes chewed gum out of mouth and sticks it on Person 1's hand*

by Falling Upward January 22, 2020

gum

High School Currency

Got any chewing gum?

by Cady Herrington January 25, 2011

gum

something you chew on when your bored in class

i've been chewing 3 pieces of gum for the past 4 periods

by gemini18 December 13, 2007

gum

a bachelor's toothbrush.

Ricky, who was already late to work, popped some Dentyne gum to cover up last night's halitosis.

by Matt (dojo master) October 16, 2012

gum

A delicious rubber like candy that people chew when they are bored or are hungry for sugar.
Bubblegum is gum you chew and can blow bubbles out of.
Chewing gum can only be chewed, most people chew chewing gum for fresh breath.
Gum has many different flavors.

Most common for bubblegum: Strawberry
Most common for chewing gum: Peppermint

I grabbed a delicious piece of Wrigley's 5Gum and chewed on it, mostly because being in the car for so long bored me.

by VanillaCakeGirl March 1, 2016

gum

Good thing that people chew. Comes in various flavors and is rubber like.

I was chewing gum yesterday.

by Ehyharasz September 25, 2009

Gum

A person who wears formal clothing to school/college for no reason.

“why are u wearing oxfords and a blazer to school you absolute gum”

by sirstreet June 17, 2018