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gummed up the works

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables
gummed up the -works
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of gum up the works

Questions

What does gummed up the works mean?
simple past and past participle of gum up the works

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