walk and chew gum at the same time
To do two normally trivial tasks at the same time; to exhibit basic competence or task-management skills.
gum
/ɡʌm/
noun 8verb 6name 1
Collocations
4(noun.)
ADJ
lower, upper
toothless
The baby's tender gums were sore while her first teeth were coming in.
bleeding, swollen
GUM + NOUN
disease
Definitions
noun
1
The flesh around the teeth.
verb
1
To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
2
To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
noun
1
A viscous water-soluble carbohydrate exudate of certain plants that hardens when it becomes dry, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate.
gum arabic
gum-oleo-resin
2
Any viscous or sticky substance resembling the true gum.
gum benzoin
[…] becoomed wi' the gum o' the coal-hill […]
3
Chewing gum.
4
A single piece of chewing gum.
Do you have a gum to spare?
Levi unwrapped a gum and put it in his mouth.
5
A gummi candy.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
gum up
To become gooey or gummy.
Some types of lubricating grease gum up as they age.
up a gum tree
In a difficult situation; in a predicament.
have seen one's last gum tree
Of a person, on the edge of death.
Example Bank
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gum arabic
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gum-oleo-resin
Wiktionary03
gum benzoin
Wiktionary04
However, Albert said in his audiotape and in his speech that a lever designed to release the lifeboat's block and tackle was gummed up with red paint.
Wiktionary05
He frets like a gummed velvet.
Wiktionary06
It consists in gumming together long strips of words [that] have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
i Register
In some senses, gum is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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