Gum may refer to:

Types of gum

Adhesive Adhesive, also known as glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, is any non-metallic substance applied to one or both surfaces of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation. The use of adhesives offers certain advant ...

Bubble gum Bubble gum or bubblegum is a type of chewing gum, designed to be inflated out of the mouth as a bubble. Bubble gum flavor While there is a bubble gum "flavor" – which various artificial flavorings including esters are mixed to obtain – it ...

* Chewing gum * Gum (botany), sap or other resinous material associated with certain species of the plant kingdom ** Gum arabic, made from the sap of ''

Acacia senegal ''Senegalia senegal'' (also known as ''Acacia senegal'') is a small thorny deciduous tree from the genus ''Senegalia'', which is known by several common names, including gum acacia, gum arabic tree, Sudan gum and Sudan gum arabic. In parts of In ...

'', an Old World tree species ** Gum copal, resin produced from the sap of ''Daniellia'', a genus of Afrotropical forest trees ** Gum ghatti, made from the sap of ''Anogeissus latifolia'', an Asian tree species ** Gum guaicum, substance produced from ''Guaiacum officinale'', a neotropical tree species ** Gum guar, made from the seeds of guar, ''Cyamopsis tetragonoloba'', an Old World annual legume ** Gum karaya, made from the sap of ''Sterculia urens'', an Asian tree species ** Spruce gum from the resin of spruce trees ** Kauri gum, from the fossilized resin of Agathis, Kauri trees ** Locust bean gum, made from the seeds of carob, ''Ceratonia siliqua'' ** Xanthan gum, a common food thickener and stabilizer * Gum base, the provides the basic textural and masticatory properties of chewing and bubble gums * Gum metal, titanium alloy with high elasticity * Postage stamp gum, substance applied to the back of a stamp to enable it to adhere to a letter * Spirit gum, used to affix applications to the body

People

* Gum (footballer) (born 1986), Brazilian footballer * Gum Mo-jam, military leader * Allen Gum (born 1969), American college baseball coach * Jay Watson (born 1991), GUM, Australian musician

Places

* Guam, ISO-3166-1 alpha-3 and IOC country code * Guam International Airport (IATA airport code: GUM) * Gum (crater), lunar impact crater * Gum-Gum, township in Malaysia * Gum Springs, Arkansas * Gum Wall, a brick wall covered in used chewing gum in Seattle * White Gum Valley, Western Australia * The Old Gum Tree in Glenelg North, South Australia

Science

* Gum bichromate, 19th-century photographic printing process * Gum depigmentation, a procedure used in cosmetic dentistry * Gum over platinum, a chemical photographic process * Gums, or gingiva, the soft tissue partly covering teeth * Genitourinary medicine, deals with reproductive problems

Entertainment

* "The Gum", episode of the comedy television show Seinfeld, Seinfield * ''Glasgow University Magazine'', in Scotland * Mr. Gum, central character in a series of novels for children by Andy Stanton * Gum (character), a playable character from the ''Jet Set Radio'' video game franchise * Gum, a character in the British comic ''Monster Fun'' * Great Uncle Matthew, a character in the novel ''Ballet Shoes (novel), Ballet Shoes'' by Noel Streatfeild * Gum, a character from the 2016 adult animated film ''Sausage Party'' * Gum Girl, a protagonist ''The Gumazing Gum Girl!'' book series by Rhode Montijo

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