Chewing gum is a sweet rubbery substance you chew but do not swallow. A packet of chewing gum.
It was originally made from chicle, the sap of a Central American tree. Chewing gum on a pavement costs more to remove than the gum ever cost to buy.
1nounchewing gumA sweet rubbery substance you chew but do not swallow.
“Chewing gum is banned outright in Singapore.”
chewing gum is a sweet.
Chewing plus gum; the modern kind grew out of chicle, a tree sap chewed for centuries in Mexico.
From chewing + gum.
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