gummy up

English

Verb

gummy up (third-person singular simple present gummies up, present participle gummying up, simple past and past participle gummied up)

1. Synonym of gum up
2. (informal) to make (something) gummy, such as by covering it in glue or sticky dried sugar.
3. (figurative, by extension) To mess up or break (something), especially by making it sticky or slow.