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gum up

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  • verb transitive To cause to be gooey or gummy, especially with the effect of obstructing the operation of some mechanism or process.
  • verb transitive, idiomatic, by extension To make non-functional; to interfere with or put into a state of disorder; to ruin.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb stick together as if with gum

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synonyms (33)

Words with the same meaning

  1. ball up
  2. bitch
  3. bitch up
  4. blow
  5. bobble
  6. bollix
  7. bollix up
  8. bonehead into it
  9. bugger
  10. bugger up
  11. bungle
  12. cook
  13. crab
  14. cramp
  15. crimp
  16. drop a brick
  17. flub
  18. foul up
  19. goof
  20. goof up
  21. gum
  22. hash up
  23. louse up
  24. mess up
  25. muck up
  26. mucker
  27. play hell with
  28. play hob with
  29. queer
  30. screw up
  31. sink
  32. snafu
  33. snarl up

hypernyms (7)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. back up
  2. choke
  3. choke off
  4. clog
  5. clog up
  6. congest
  7. foul

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