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Gum

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Gum or GUM may refer to:

Viscous or sticky substances[edit]

  • Chewing gum, designed to be chewed without being swallowed
    • Bubble gum, designed to be inflated out of the mouth as a bubble
    • Gum base, the masticatory delivery system
  • Natural gum, polysaccharides of natural origin, including a list of natural gums
  • Gum (botany), sap or other resinous material associated with certain species of the plant kingdom
  • Postage stamp gum, applied to the back of a stamp

Arts, entertainment and media[edit]

Fictional characters[edit]

  • Mr. Gum, a series of novels for children by Andy Stanton, and the protagonist
  • Gum, a character in the Jet Set Radio video game franchise
  • Gum, a character in the Sega Heroes video game
  • Gums, a character in the British comic Monster Fun
  • Great Uncle Matthew, a character in the novel Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
  • Gum, a character from the 2016 adult animated film Sausage Party

Film and television[edit]

Literature[edit]

Music[edit]

People[edit]

  • Gum (footballer) (Welington Pereira Rodrigues, born 1986), Brazilian footballer
  • Ager Gum (1941–1996), military leader and song composer from Sudan
  • Allen Gum (born 1969), American baseball coach
  • Chong Gum (born 1976), North Korean rhythmic gymnast
  • Courtney Gum (born 1981), Australian rules footballer
  • Mongezi Gum (Gum Mongezi Mongshai, born 1970), South African township artist
  • Tony Gum (born 1995), South African photographer
  • Gum Nanse (born 1947), South Korean conductor
  • Gum Tayeng (fl. from 2013), an Indian politician
  • Gum Yuen (1875–1943), Chinese Australian community leader
  • Jay Watson (born 1991), Australian musician who records as GUM

Other uses[edit]

See also[edit]