# Gum

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**Gum** or **GUM** may refer to:

## Viscous or sticky substances

- [Chewing gum](/source/Chewing_gum), designed to be chewed without being swallowed - [Bubble gum](/source/Bubble_gum), designed to be inflated out of the mouth as a bubble - [Gum base](/source/Gum_base), the masticatory delivery system
- [Natural gum](/source/Natural_gum), a sticky substance of natural origin composed predominantly of polysaccharides - [Gum (botany)](/source/Gum_(botany)), natural gum of botanical origin
- Other [exudates](/source/Exudate) that solidify like natural gum, such as: - [Resin](/source/Resin) - [Kino](/source/Kino_(botany))
- [Postage stamp gum](/source/Postage_stamp_gum), applied to the back of a stamp

## Arts, entertainment and media

- Mr. Gum, a series of novels for children by [Andy Stanton](/source/Andy_Stanton), and the protagonist
- Gum, a character in the *[Jet Set Radio](/source/Jet_Set_Radio)* video game franchise
- Gums, a character in the British comic *[Monster Fun](/source/Monster_Fun)*
- Great Uncle Matthew, a character in the novel *[Ballet Shoes](/source/Ballet_Shoes_(novel))* by Noel Streatfeild
- Gum, a character from the 2016 adult animated film *[Sausage Party](/source/Sausage_Party)*
- "[The Gum](/source/The_Gum)", episode of comedy TV show *Seinfeld*
- [Gums (film)](/source/Gums_(film)), a 1976 horror film
- *Gum*, a 2017 book by [Nancy Willard](/source/Nancy_Willard)
- *[Glasgow University Magazine](/source/Glasgow_University_Magazine)*, in Scotland
- [Ghent University Museum](/source/Ghent_University_Museum) in Belgium
- GUM, the moniker used by musician [Jay Watson](/source/Jay_Watson) for solo recordings
- *GUM*, a 2020 album by rapper [Cities Aviv](/source/Cities_Aviv)

## People

- [Gum (footballer)](/source/Gum_(footballer)) (Welington Pereira Rodrigues, born 1986), Brazilian footballer
- [Allen Gum](/source/Allen_Gum) (born 1969), American baseball coach
- [Gum Nanse](/source/Gum_Nanse) (born 1947), South Korean conductor
- [Gum Tayeng](/source/Gum_Tayeng) (fl. from 2013), an Indian politician
- [Gum Yuen](/source/Gum_Yuen) (1875–1943), Chinese Australian community leader
- [Jay Watson](/source/Jay_Watson) (born 1991), Australian musician who records as GUM

## Other uses

- [Gums](/source/Gums), the soft tissue partly covering teeth
- [Gum (crater)](/source/Gum_(crater)), on the Moon
- [GUM (department store)](/source/GUM_(department_store)), in Russia
- [Gum Air](/source/Gum_Air), a Surinamese airline
- [Gum languages](/source/Gum_languages) of New Guinea
- [Gum River](/source/Gum_River), in Papua New Guinea
- GUM, the [ISO 3166](/source/ISO_3166) [country code](/source/Country_code) for [Guam](/source/Guam)
- [Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport](/source/Antonio_B._Won_Pat_International_Airport), Guam, FAA/IATA airport code GUM
- *Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement* (GUM), a guide [measurement uncertainty](/source/Measurement_uncertainty)
- [Genito-urinary medicine](/source/Genito-urinary_medicine)

## See also

- [Gummy (disambiguation)](/source/Gummy_(disambiguation))
- [Gumball (disambiguation)](/source/Gumball_(disambiguation))
- [Gumshoe (disambiguation)](/source/Gumshoe_(disambiguation))
- [Gum Spring (disambiguation)](/source/Gum_Spring_(disambiguation))
- [Adhesive](/source/Adhesive) - [Spirit gum](/source/Spirit_gum) - [List of glues](/source/List_of_glues)
- [Gum-Gum](/source/Gum-Gum), township in Malaysia
- [Gum metal](/source/Gum_metal), titanium alloy with high elasticity
- [Gum tree](/source/Gum_tree), any of various related species of Eucalypt trees
- [GumCo](/source/GumCo), an American advertising agency

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