gaum

American  

[gawm, gahm] / gɔm, gɑm /

Also gorm

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.

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Etymology

Origin of gaum

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Seattle Times

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

From Literature

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

From Literature

So Gaum, who wanted me to be a liar, was an agent of the secret police of Orgoreyn.

From Literature

There were vivid personalities among them—Obsle, Slose, the handsome and detestable Gaum—and yet each of them lacked some quality, some dimension of being; and they failed to convince.

From Literature