gaum

Also gorm

[gawm, gahm]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gaum¹

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

Example Sentences

In August 2017, at the height of animosities with the then-Trump administration, North Korea’s Strategic Forces threatened to make “an enveloping fire” near Gaum with Hwasong-12 missiles.

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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.

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Gaum spoke: “Where is your ship, Mr. Ai?”

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Gaum merely smiled, saying, “Then you have no means of returning to...well, wherever you came from?”

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The sensation that caused was visible and audible, and even Gaum couldn’t hide his surprise.

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