to handle (a person or object) in a reckless or improper manner
4. (transitive)
to smear (a sticky substance) on an object
gaum in American English
(ɡɔm, ɡɑːm)
(chiefly in South Midland and Southern US dialect)
transitive verb
(often fol. by up)
to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance
My clothes were gaumed up from that axle grease
Word origin
[1790–1800; also Brit. dial.; of uncert. orig.]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cannibalism, echelon, gelatin, idealism, stereotype