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coom

coom noun: soot, smut. Also the pronunciation spelling of come.

Noun (1)

coom (uncountable)

  1. soot, smut
  2. dust
  3. grease

Noun (2)

coom (plural cooms)

  1. (Scotland) The wooden centering on which a bridge is built.
  2. (Scotland) Anything arched or vaulted.

Noun (3)

coom (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, slang, sometimes) Semen.

Verb

coom (third-person singular simple present cooms, present participle cooming, simple past and past participle came or coomed)

  1. (humorous, slang, sometimes) To ejaculate.

Also used as

coom is also the pronunciation spelling of come.

Forms of coom

Verb
third-person singular presentcooms
present participlecooming
pastcame
past participlecoom
past participlecame
past participlecoomed
pastcoomed
Noun
pluralcooms

Origin of coom

From Middle English culme, colme, of unknown origin but probably from or related to Old English col (“coal”). Related to culm and Icelandic kámugur.

See come.

From Scots coom, of unknown origin.

Words formed from coom

Questions about coom

What does coom mean?
Coom means soot, smut.
What part of speech is coom?
Coom can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of coom?
The plural of coom is cooms.

Words near coom in the dictionary

  1. coolths
  2. Coolumbooka
  3. coolung
  4. coolungs
  5. cooly
  6. coom
  7. coom-ceiled
  8. Cooma
  9. Coomalie
  10. coomasie
  11. coomassie

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