'gum up' definitions:

Definition of 'gum up'

From: WordNet
verb
Stick together as if with gum; "the inside of the pipe has gummed up"

Definition of 'gum up'

From: GCIDE
  • Gum \Gum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gummed (g[u^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Gumming.]
  • 1. To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance. [1913 Webster]
  • He frets like a gummed velvet. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To chew with the gums, rather than with the teeth. [PJC]
  • gum up (a) To block or clog (a conduit) with or as if with gum; as, to gum up the drainpipe. (b) to interfere with; to spoil. [Slang] [PJC]

Synonyms of 'gum up'

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