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? Gumption, subs. (colloquial).—Cleverness; understanding; nous (q.v.). Also Rum Gumption. 1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue. Gumption, or rum gumption, s.v., docility, comprehension, capacity. 1787. Grose, Prov. Glossary, s.v. ‘Gawm.’ Gawm, to understand; I dinna gawm ye, I don’t understand you. Hence, possibly, gawmtion, or gumption, understanding. 1834. Atlantic Club-book, I., 33. D’ye think I’m a fellow of no more gumption than that? 1843. Comic Almanack. Poor beasts, ’tis very clear, To any one possess’d of gumption, That if they’d not come over here, They’d have been carried off by home consumption. 1853. Lytton, My Novel, bk. IV., ch. xii. Gumption—it means cleverness. 1883. Daily Telegraph, 25 June, p. 3, c. 2. But poor people—leastways, those that have got any gumption—know better than that. 1890. Notes and Queries, 7 S., x., 303. As familiar as the Greek word nous for what ... is known ... as gumption. Gumptious, adj. (colloquial).—Shrewd; intelligent; vain. 1853. Lytton, My Novel, bk. IV., ch. xii. Landlord. There’s gumption and gumptious! Gumption is knowing, but when I say that sum un is gumptious, I mean—though that’s more vulgar like—sum un who does not think small beer of hisself. You take me, sir? Gum-smasher (or tickler), subs. (common).—A dentist. For synonyms, see Snag-catcher. Gum-suck, verb. (American).—To flatter; to humbug; to dupe. For synonyms, see Gammon. Gum-sucker, subs. (Australian).—1. See quot. Cf., Corn-stalk. 1887. All the Year Round, 30 July, p. 67. A gum-sucker is a native of Tasmania, and owes his elegant nickname to the abundance of gum-trees in the Tasmanian forests. 2. (common).—A fool. For synonyms, see Buffle and Cabbage-head. Gum-tickler, subs. (colloquial).—1. A drink. Specifically, drop or short, or a dram. For synonyms, see Go. 1814. Quarterly Review, vol. X., p. 521. A gill, taken fasting, is called a gum-tickler. 1864. Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, bk. IV., ch. iii. I prefer to take it in the form of a gum-tickler. 2. See Gum-smasher.