"begaum" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: begaums [present, singular, third-person], begauming [participle, present], begaumed [participle, past], begaumed [past]
Etymology: From be- + gaum. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|gaum}} be- + gaum Head templates: {{en-verb}} begaum (third-person singular simple present begaums, present participle begauming, simple past and past participle begaumed)
  1. (rare, US and UK, dialects, chiefly in the past tense) To smear (with something sticky or messy). Tags: UK, US, dialectal, past, rare

Inflected forms

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