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Gumshoe vs. Gum — What's the Difference?

Gumshoe vs. Gum — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Gumshoe and Gum

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Gumshoe

A sneaker or rubber overshoe.

Gum

Any of various viscous substances that are exuded by certain plants and trees and dry into water-soluble, noncrystalline, brittle solids.

Gumshoe

(Slang) An investigator, especially a detective.

Gum

A similar plant exudate, such as a resin.

Gumshoe

To work as a detective.
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Gum

Any of various adhesives made from such exudates or other sticky substance.

Gumshoe

To move about stealthily; sneak.

Gum

A substance resembling the viscous substance exuded by certain plants, as in stickiness.

Gumshoe

A sneaker or rubber overshoe.

Gum

Any of various trees, especially of the genera Eucalyptus and Liquidambar, that are sources of gum. Also called gum tree.

Gumshoe

A detective.

Gum

The wood of such a tree; gumwood.

Gumshoe

(slang) To act as a detective.

Gum

Chewing gum.

Gumshoe

A detective; a private eye.

Gum

The firm connective tissue covered by mucous membrane that envelops the alveolar arches of the jaw and surrounds the bases of the teeth. Also called gingiva.

Gumshoe

A shoe made of rubber, as a rubber overshoe.

Gum

To cover, smear, seal, fill, or fix in place with gum.

Gumshoe

A sneaker{3}.

Gum

To exude or form gum.

Gumshoe

Someone who is a detective

Gum

To become sticky or clogged.

Gumshoe

A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

Gum

To chew (food) with toothless gums.

Gum

The flesh around the teeth.

Gum

Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.

Gum

Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.

Gum

Chewing gum.

Gum

(countable) A single piece of chewing gum.
Do you have a gum to spare?

Gum

A gummi candy.

Gum

A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.

Gum

A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.

Gum

A rubber overshoe.

Gum

A gum tree.

Gum

To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.

Gum

(transitive) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.

Gum

To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.

Gum

To stiffen with glue or gum.

Gum

To inelegantly attach into a sequence.

Gum

To impair the functioning of a thing or process.
That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves.
The new editor can gum up your article with too many commas.

Gum

The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.

Gum

A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.

Gum

See Gum tree, below.

Gum

A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log.

Gum

A rubber overshoe.

Gum

To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.

Gum

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.
He frets like a gummed velvet.

Gum

To chew with the gums, rather than with the teeth.

Gum

To exude or form gum; to become gummy.

Gum

A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

Gum

The tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth

Gum

Any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying

Gum

Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

Gum

Wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum

Gum

Any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum

Gum

Grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty;
The old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food

Gum

Exude or form gum;
These trees gum in the Spring

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