Definition of gums up

gum up    

verb - transitive

• to cause a mechanism to stop functioning, or function more slowly.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
  
  Citation from "Mysterious Algorithm Was 4% of Trading Activity Last Week", CNBC, John Melloy, 8 Oct 2012 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.

  Last edited on Oct 08 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 08 2012.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'to break, ruin, destroy':
showstopper	Definitions include: a bug that makes hardware or software unusable.
f*cked	Definitions include: ruined.
trash	Definitions include: to destroy.
kill	Definitions include: high-grade marijuana.
fry	Definitions include: to be under the influence of drugs.
nerf	Definitions include: in an update or sequel to a video game, to make a weapon weak or weaker, such that it's like a Nerf gun.
blow up	Definitions include: to phone or page excessively; to fill up the capacity of some electronic answering service (voice mail, answering machine, one's pager, etc.)
barf	Definitions include: to vomit.
total	Definitions include: to wreck a vehicle such that repairs would cost more than the value of the (unwrecked) vehicle.
bork	Definitions include: to break or ruin.
Slashdot	Definitions include: to overwhelm a web site with massive amounts of traffic due to Slashdot linking to it.
hork	Definitions include: to steal.
scrog	Definitions include: to have sex.
go kaput	Definitions include: to break, to fail.
bomb	Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool".
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Other terms relating to 'gum':
bubble-gummer	Definitions include: a teen that listened to "bubblegum pop" music.
bubblegum pop	Definitions include: "pop" (popular) music aimed at the young, characterized by being upbeat rather than complex.
bump (one's) gums	Definitions include: Talking to much, or talking crap
gum	Definitions include: chewy candy
gummer	Definitions include: To give fellatio with the gums or without any teeth.
Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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