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'''Gum''' or '''GUM''' may refer to:

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==Viscous or sticky substances==
* [[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]], a sticky substance of natural origin composed predominantly of polysaccharides
** [[Gum (botany)]], natural gum of botanical origin
* Other [[exudate]]s that solidify like natural gum, such as:
** [[Resin]]
** [[Kino (botany)|Kino]]
* [[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]], and the protagonist
* Gum, a character in the ''[[Jet Set Radio]]'' video game franchise
* Gums, a character in the British comic ''[[Monster Fun]]''
* Great Uncle Matthew, a character in the novel ''[[Ballet Shoes (novel)|Ballet Shoes]]'' by Noel Streatfeild
* Gum, a character from the 2016 adult animated film ''[[Sausage Party]]''
* "[[The Gum]]", episode of comedy TV show ''Seinfeld''
* [[Gums (film)]], a 1976 horror film
* ''Gum'', a 2017 book by [[Nancy Willard]]
* ''[[Glasgow University Magazine]]'', in Scotland
* [[Ghent University Museum]] in Belgium
* GUM, the moniker used by musician [[Jay Watson]] for solo recordings

==People==
* [[Gum (footballer)]] (Welington Pereira Rodrigues, born 1986), Brazilian footballer
* [[Allen Gum]] (born 1969), American baseball coach
* [[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==
* [[Gums]], the soft tissue partly covering teeth
* [[Gum (crater)]], on the Moon
* [[GUM (department store)]], in Russia
* [[Gum Air]], a Surinamese airline
* [[Gum languages]] of New Guinea
* [[Gum River]], in Papua New Guinea
* GUM, the [[ISO 3166]] [[country code]] for [[Guam]]
* [[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]]

==See also==
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* [[Gummy (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gumball (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gumshoe (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gum Spring (disambiguation)]]
* [[Adhesive]]
** [[Spirit gum]]
** [[List of glues]]
* [[Gum-Gum]], township in Malaysia
* [[Gum metal]], titanium alloy with high elasticity
* [[Gum tree]], any of various related species of Eucalypt trees
* [[GumCo]], an American advertising agency 

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