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gimme

/ˈɡɪmiː/

gimme contraction: give me.

Contraction

gimme

  1. (colloquial, contraction) Give me.
    • Gimme the ball.
    • He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] gem me, gim me, give me.[1687, Chriſtopher Cooper, “Chap. XIX: Of Barbarous Speaking”, in The Engliſh Teacher, London: John Richardſon, for the Author, page 77; republished Menston: Scolar Press, 1969

Noun

gimme (plural gimmes)

  1. (colloquial) That which is easy to perform or obtain, especially in sports.
    • You have to swipe along to page three of Fifa's world rankings before catching sight of the Faroe Islands, perched in 114th place, nearly 70 spots below Scotland. But under Hakan Ericson, they no longer represent the gimme fixture most in world football once reckoned them to be.2021 October 12, Jamie Lyall, “Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland”, in BBC Sport
    1. (colloquial) A tap-in putt, usually a couple inches from the cup.
      • Don't count two strokes for that — it was a gimme: if I wasn't holding the flag with my other hand for the next players waiting for the hole, it would have gone in.
    2. (colloquial) That which is simply given away for nothing; a freebie.
      • The Trojan horse gimme typically arrives as an e-mail attachment promising something for nothing (that is, a “gimme”)—maybe a fun free screen saver,[…]2008 April 1, Alan Axelrod, PhD; Guy Antinozzi, J.D., The Complete Idiot's Guide to Campus Safety: Essential Safety Tips Every College Student Should Know, Penguin, →ISBN, page 88
      • Our first answered prayer is Salvation—the entry of Christ— but that is a “gimme,” it is a “freebie,” for God has already answered this prayer for everyone, even before he or she asks.2012 November 28, R. Crafton Gibbs, Eternal Life with God: Logos 1, of Writing God's Book of Life, R. Crafton Gibbs / Google Books Play, →ISBN, page 181
  2. That which is certain; that which is sure to be the case.
    • Imani: Well, yeah, I was smoking a lot of weed back then, that's a gimme. At the Manor it was really just smoking. Stress smoking. We didn't have no chronic at the time—there were some mushrooms here and there.2009 March 12, Brian Coleman, Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies, Villard, →ISBN, page 332
    • Didn't wear any rings, and if she had worn some, they would have contained purple stones, that was a gimme. A nightmarish thought flashed through his head. Him waking on a Sunday morning, finding Cresta there in his bed beside him,[…]2011 08, David Carter, The Murder Diaries - Seven Times Over: Seven Times Over, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 182

gimme meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

gimme in Hindi

गिम्मे, गिम्म, गिमे

gimme in Marathi

गिम्मे, गिम्म

gimme in Bengali

গিম্ম

gimme in Telugu

గిమ్మే, గిమ్మి
More languagesFewer languages
gimme in Malayalam
ഗിമ്മി, ഗിമ്മെ
gimme in Kannada
ಗಿಮ್ಮಿ, ಗಿಮ್ಮೆ
gimme in Punjabi
ਗਿੰਮੀ
gimme in Gujarati
ગિમ્મે, ગિમે, ગિમ્મ
gimme in Nepali
गिम्मे, गिम्म

Examples of gimme in a sentence

  • Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight / Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away?1979, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!”, in Voulez-Vous, performed by ABBA:
  • Come on, Dad / Gimme the car tonight / I got this girl, I wanna…1983, Gordon Gano, “Gimme the Car”, in Violent Femmes, performed by Violent Femmes:
  • The staid and uncool Democratic Establishment, by blowing a gimme election, had discredited itself.2019 March 3, Simon van Zuylen-Wood, “When Did Everyone Become a Socialist?”, in New York Magazine:

All 25 example sentences with gimme

Forms of gimme

pluralgimmes

Plural of gimme: gimmes

Origin of gimme

Written form of a reduction of give me.

Words formed from gimme

Phrases with gimme

Words that rhyme with gimme

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Questions about gimme

What does gimme mean?
Gimme means give me.
What is gimme in Hindi?
Gimme in Hindi is गिम्मे, गिम्म, गिमे. See Gimme meaning in Hindi.
How do you use gimme in a sentence?
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight / Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away?
What part of speech is gimme?
Gimme can be a contraction or a noun.
How do you pronounce gimme?
Gimme is pronounced /ˈɡɪmiː/.

Words near gimme in the dictionary

  1. gimlety
  2. Gimli
  3. gimmal
  4. gimmals
  5. gimmari
  6. gimme
  7. gimme a break
  8. gimme a five
  9. gimme cap
  10. gimme caps
  11. gimme five

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