gum up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === gum up (third-person singular simple present gums up, present participle gumming up, simple past and past participle gummed up) (intransitive) To become gooey or gummy. (transitive) To cause to be gooey or gummy, especially with the effect of obstructing the operation of some mechanism or process. (transitive, idiomatic, by extension) To make non-functional; to interfere with or put into a state of disorder; to ruin. ==== Derived terms ==== gum up the works ==== Translations ==== === References === “gum up”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === mug up, mugup