Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chewing-gum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: chew-ing-gum
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated form of chewing gum.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Two boys, one aged eight and the other twelve years, in Rome, Oneida county, N. Y., a few days ago, had a childish altercation about some chewing-gum and pop-corn, and, as they separated, threw at each other with sticks and other missiles, […]"
"“[…] What I like is chewing-gum.” “O, I should say so! I wish I had some now.” “Do you? I’ve got some. I’ll let you chew it awhile, but you must give it back to me.”"
"Then he wrenched off the top of a box, and commenced to cram chewing-gum into his mouth. Sticks of it; dozens of sticks."

Usage

Inflected Forms

chewing-gums (plural)

Questions

What does chewing-gum mean?: Dated form of chewing gum.

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