gaum (plural gaums)
(UK, dialectal, rare) Heed; attention.
gaum (third-person singular simple present gaums, present participle gauming, simple past and past participle gaumed)
(dialectal, obsolete) To understand; comprehend; consider.
gaum (third-person singular simple present gaums, present participle gauming, simple past and past participle gaumed)
(US and UK, dialects, chiefly, South Midlands, Southern US, Appalachia) To smear.
gaum (uncountable)
(Appalachia and other dialects, rare) Grime.
gaum (uncountable)
(dialectal, rare) A bit, a small amount.
gaum (plural gaums)
(rare, dialectal or colloquial) A useless person.
gaum (third-person singular simple present gaums, present participle gauming, simple past and past participle gaumed)
Alternative form of gorm (to make a mess of).
• GUAM, Guam, Guma, MUGA, Umag, muga
Source: Wiktionary
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
