Definition of "gaum" in English

noun

1. (UK, dialectal, rare) Heed; attention.

verb

1. (dialectal, obsolete) To understand; comprehend; consider.

   • 'Nobody gaums where we are now,' I said.
   • Aye sir, we gaum ye.

verb

1. (US and UK, dialects, chiefly Midlands, Southern US, Appalachia) To smear.

   • No, bubby, couldn't hev the wax. Gaum him all up so 't mammy 'd hafter nigh abaout skin him tu git him clean ag'in; […]

noun

1. (Appalachia and other dialects, rare) Grime.

   • Said 'Black Bill' Walker, of Walker's Valley, in speaking of the forge: 'I never heerd sech a rackity-rack! Ye'd think the heavens was fallin' down! Them fellers aworkin' thar in the sweat an' gaum reminded me more of the gate to the bad place!'

noun

1. (dialectal, rare) A bit, a small amount.

noun

1. (rare, dialectal or colloquial) A useless person.

verb

1. Alternative form of gorm (to make a mess of).

noun

1. (India, archaic) A village.