Gummagy, adj. (common).—Snarling; of a scolding habit.
Gummed, adj. (billiards).—Said of a ball close to the cushion.
Gummy, subs. (common).—1. A toothless person; i.e., with nothing but gums to show. Generally, Old Gummy.
2. (thieves’).—Medicine. Also Gummy-stuff.—Matsell.
3. (common).—A dullard; a fool. For synonyms, see Buffle and Cabbage-head.
Adj. (common).—Puffed; swollen; clumsy.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Gummey, clumsy, particularly applied to the ancles of men, or women, and the legs of horses.
To feel Gummy, verb. phr. (University).—To perspire.
Gump, subs. (common).—A dolt. For synonyms, see Buffle and Cabbage-head.
1825. Neal, Bro. Jonathan, bk. II., ch. xv. He’s … sort of a nateral too, I guess; rather a gump, hey?