Gum or GUM may refer to:

Viscous or sticky substances

Chewing gum Chewing gum is a soft, cohesive substance designed to be chewed without being swallowed. Modern chewing gum is composed of gum base, sweeteners, softeners/plasticizers, flavors, colors, and, typically, a hard or powdered polyol coating. Its tex ...

, designed to be chewed without being swallowed **

Bubble gum Bubble gum (or bubblegum) is a type of chewing gum, designed to be inflated out of the mouth as a bubble. Composition In modern chewing gum, if natural rubber such as chicle is used, it must pass several purity and cleanliness tests. However, ...

, designed to be inflated out of the mouth as a bubble **

Gum base Gum base is the non-nutritive, non-digestible, water-insoluble Mastication, masticatory delivery system used to carry Sugar substitute, sweeteners, Flavoring, flavors, and any other substances in chewing gum and bubble gum. It provides all the basi ...

, the masticatory delivery system *

Natural gum Natural gums are polysaccharides of natural origin, capable of causing a large increase in a solution's viscosity, even at small concentrations. They are mostly gum (botany), botanical gums, found in the woody elements of plants or in seed coati ...

, polysaccharides of natural origin, including a list of natural gums *

Gum (botany) Gum is a sap or other resinous material associated with certain species of the plant kingdom. This material is often polysaccharide-based and is most frequently associated with woody plants, particularly under the bark or as a seed coating. The ...

, sap or other resinous material associated with certain species of the plant kingdom *

Postage stamp gum In philately, gum is the substance applied to the back of a stamp to enable it to adhere to a letter or other mailed item. The term is generic, and applies both to traditional types such as gum arabic and to synthetic modern formulations. Gum is ...

, applied to the back of a stamp

Arts, entertainment and media

* Mr. Gum, a series of novels for children by

Andy Stanton Andy Joel Stanton (born 14 November 1973) is an English children's writer. He is best known for writing the ''Mr Gum'' series (illustrated by David Tazzyman), through which he made a popular contribution to children's literature. Stanton's wri ...

, and the protagonist * Gum, a character in the ''

Jet Set Radio (originally released in North America as ''Jet Grind Radio'') is a 2000 action game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega for the Dreamcast. The player controls a member of a youth gang, the GG's, as they use inline skates to traverse ...

'' video game franchise * Gums, a character in the British comic ''

Monster Fun ''Monster Fun'' was originally a weekly British comic strip magazine for children aged seven to twelve. Published by IPC Media, it ran for 73 issues in 1975–1976, when it merged with '' Buster''.

'' * Great Uncle Matthew, a character in the novel ''

Ballet Shoes A ballet shoe, or ballet slipper, is a lightweight shoe designed specifically for ballet dancing. It may be made from soft leather, canvas, or satin, and has flexible, thin full or split soles. Traditionally, women wear pink shoes and men wear w ...

'' by Noel Streatfeild * Gum, a character from the 2016 adult animated film ''

Sausage Party ''Sausage Party'' is a 2016 adult animated comedy film directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan (in his feature length directorial debut), written by Kyle Hunter, Ariel Shaffir, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and based on a story by Rogen, Go ...

'' * "

The Gum "The Gum" is the 120th episode of the NBC sitcom ''Seinfeld''. This was the tenth episode for the seventh season. It aired on December 14, 1995. The episode follows Kramer and Lloyd Braun's efforts to reopen the Alex Theatre, while an overpr ...

", episode of comedy TV show ''Seinfeld'' * Gums (film), a 1976 horror film * ''Gum'', a 2017 book by Nancy Willard * ''

Glasgow University Magazine The ''Glasgow University Magazine (GUM)'' was first published on 5 February 1889, aiming to keep students informed of news and events within the University of Glasgow, university, and to provide an outlet for student writing and illustrations. ...

'', in Scotland * Ghent University Museum in Belgium * GUM, the moniker used by musician

Jay Watson Jay Wesley Watson is an Australian multi-instrumentalist, producer, singer and songwriter. He is best known as a touring member of the psychedelic band Tame Impala and as a co-founder of the psychedelic rock/pop band Pond, with whom he's record ...

for solo recordings

People

Gum (footballer) Welington Pereira Rodrigues (born 4 January 1986), commonly known as Gum, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender. He spent nine years with Fluminense, making 414 total appearances and scoring 28 goals, while winning the Cam ...

(Welington Pereira Rodrigues, born 1986), Brazilian footballer *

Allen Gum Allen Gum (born July 22, 1969) is an American baseball coach and player. He played college baseball at Crowder College from 1988 to 1989 before transferring to Southern Arkansas Muleriders baseball, Southern Arkansas. He then served as the head c ...

(born 1969), American baseball coach *

Gum Nanse Gum Nanse, also known as Maestro Nanse Gum (Korean: 금난새; born September 25, 1947), is a conductor from South Korea. He is the founder, director general, and artistic director of the Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestra, established in 1997. He ...

(born 1947), South Korean conductor *

Gum Tayeng Gum Tayeng is an Indian politician. Early life In 1962 she passed Pre-University College at Lady Keane College in Shillong. Afterwards she worked as a school teacher for some time. On October 18, 2013, she was elected unopposed to the Arunachal ...

(fl. from 2013), an Indian politician *

Gum Yuen Gum Yuen (October 187515 May 1943) was a Chinese Australian carpenter, local Chinese community leader, and restaurateur. Early life Gum was born in October 1875 in Chung Gwok Village in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, the second son of policeman Gan ...

(1875–1943), Chinese Australian community leader *

(born 1991), Australian musician who records as GUM

Other uses

Gums The gums or gingiva (: gingivae) consist of the mucosal tissue that lies over the mandible and maxilla inside the mouth. Gum health and disease can have an effect on general health. Structure The gums are part of the soft tissue lining of the ...

, the soft tissue partly covering teeth *

Gum (crater) Gum is a lunar impact crater that is located near the southeastern limb of the Moon, and is viewed nearly from the side from Earth. It lies along the western edge of the irregular Mare Australe, to the northeast of the crater Hamilton. To the nor ...

, on the Moon *

GUM (department store) GUM () is a shopping center in Moscow, Russia. It was also the main department store in many cities of the former Soviet Union; similarly named stores operated in some Soviet republics and in post-Soviet states. The most famous GUM is the larg ...

, in Russia *

Gum Air Gum Air is a Surinamese airline based in Paramaribo, Suriname. Gum Air cooperates with Trans Guyana Airways to provide daily flights between Eduard Alexander Gummels International Airport in Paramaribo, Suriname and Ogle Airport in Georgetown, ...

, a Surinamese airline *

Gum languages The Gum languages are a small group of closely related languages in New Guinea. The languages are: * Amele *Central Gum: Bau, Gumalu, Sihan *North Gum: Isebe, Panim References Languages of Papua New Guinea Mabuso languages ...

of New Guinea *

Gum River The Gum River is a river in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Gum Riverat Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2012-01-17; database downloaded 2015-06-22 The Gum languages are spoken in the area. See also *List of rivers of Papua New Guinea This ...

, in Papua New Guinea * GUM, the

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for

Guam Guam ( ; ) is an island that is an Territories of the United States, organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Guam's capital is Hagåtña, Guam, Hagåtña, and the most ...

* Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam, FAA/IATA airport code GUM * ''Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement'' (GUM), a guide

measurement uncertainty In metrology, measurement uncertainty is the expression of the statistical dispersion of the values attributed to a quantity measured on an interval or ratio scale. All measurements are subject to uncertainty and a measurement result is complet ...