gom
gom noun: a foolish person. Also the alternative form of gum.
Noun
gom (plural goms)
- A foolish person.
- “ Ye don’t how how to dhrive a mothor car ! ” shouted Miles, losing his temper completely. “ What a gom ye are ! ”1917, Mary Brigid Pearse, The Murphys of Ballystack, Dublin: M.H. Gill, page 139
- Fluther: ... You must think Fluther's a right gom.1926, Seán O'Casey, The Plough and the Stars, act II, page 137
Interjection
- God!
- There's a Lad, too, from York— but tho' he's a strange elf, / By gom! I respect him as much as myself,1804, an entry in the Theatrical Journal of The European Magazine: And London Review, volume 45, page 373
- O dang it, Roger, did 'e ever see sich a sight afore? My gom! what a glorious lumination like! My goles! what a mort of gentry-folk!1829, “The Humours of Vauxhall”, in The Universal Songster, Or Museum of Mirth, volume 2, page 164
Also used as
gom is also the alternative form of gum.
Examples of gom in a sentence
- Because I felt, to tell the God's truth, that little Lorna Lovegrove, out in Willie Hill's, was making a right gom out of me.2007, John Maher, The Luck Penny, page 145:
- He had a sinking feeling that he'd made a right gom of himself, hanging onto her until the last before she departed […]2013, Outrageous Pride, →ISBN:
- "l'll drink as much cider as you 'plase, but by gom, sir, you munna come here to bork the trees over again."1861, The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, volumes 9-10, page 36:
Forms of gom
| plural | goms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | gaum |
| alternative form | gawm |
Origin of gom
Borrowed from Irish gám (“booby, dolt”).
Variant of gum.
Minced oath.
Phrases with gom
Questions about gom
- What does gom mean?
- Gom means a foolish person.
- How do you use gom in a sentence?
- Because I felt, to tell the God's truth, that little Lorna Lovegrove, out in Willie Hill's, was making a right gom out of me.
- What part of speech is gom?
- Gom can be a noun or an interjection.
- What is the plural of gom?
- The plural of gom is goms.
Words near gom in the dictionary
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