Gum may refer to:

Types of gum

* Adhesive * Bubble gum * 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'', 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

Other uses