brooms

Noun

broom (countable and uncountable, plural brooms)

1. (countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
   • Meronyms: broomstick (handle), bavin (head)
2. (countable) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
3. Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.
   • At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot.1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 408
   1. Especially, of the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium.
      • […] and thy broom groves,
        Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves,
        Being lass-lorn […]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
   2. Of plants not closely related to those of tribe Genisteae.
4. (rare, slang) A firearm; especially, a shotgun.
   • So keep talking all that fly shit, and I’ma grab the tool
     And the lead will get stuck in your head like a catchy tune
     Soon as I look down on a target, bitch, your ass is doomed
     Trust exercise with Ahdi, arms out to catch a boom
     You see this sweeper I got, it ain’t your average broom
     This ring will...2015 September 26, Ms. Hustle (lyricist), Ms. Hustle vs. O’fficial (Summer Madness; 5), Ultimate Rap League, from 48:07–48:28

   Synonyms:

   broomstick, boomstick, firearm, gat, gun, iron, piece

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