CHEWING GUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chewing gum mean? 

• CHEWING GUM (noun)
  The noun CHEWING GUM has 1 sense:

1. a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

  Familiarity information: CHEWING GUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEWING GUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

chewing gum; gum

Hypernyms ("chewing gum" is a kind of...):

confection; sweet (a food rich in sugar)

Meronyms (substance of "chewing gum"):

chicle; chicle gum (gum-like substance from the sapodilla)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chewing gum"):

gum ball (a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar)

bubble gum (a kind of chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles)

 Context examples 

A chewing gum containing nicotine used as a substitute for the active ingredient in tobacco.

(Nicotine gum, NCI Thesaurus)

A chewing gum that contains a small dose of nicotine, which enters the blood by being absorbed through the lining of the mouth.

(Nicotine gum, NCI Dictionary)

A proprietary chewing gum formulated to keep the mouth moist and decrease bad breath.

(Biotene Dental Chewing Gum, NCI Thesaurus)

Mouthwashes, mints or chewing gum may make your breath fresher.

(Bad Breath, NIH)

Treatments for ear barotrauma include chewing gum and yawning to relieve the pressure.

(Barotrauma, NIH)

This much-enduring man had succeeded in banishing chewing gum after a long and stormy war, had made a bonfire of the confiscated novels and newspapers, had suppressed a private post office, had forbidden distortions of the face, nicknames, and caricatures, and done all that one man could do to keep half a hundred rebellious girls in order.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Nicotine chewing gum reduces the withdrawal symptoms associated with smoking cessation.

(Nicotine gum, NCI Thesaurus)