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gormed

gormed is the simple past and past participle of gorm.

Meaning of gorm

Verb (1)

gorm (third-person singular simple present gorms, present participle gorming, simple past and past participle gormed)

  1. (UK, US, dialectal) To gawk; to stare or gape.
    • Passing through St. George's Square, Lupus Street, Chichester Street, he scarcely saw a soul; then, quite suddenly, he struck a dense crowd, kept back by the police, standing gorming at a great jagged hole in a high blank wall, a glimpse, the merest glimpse of more broken walls, shattered chimneys.1922, Elinor Mordaunt, Laura Creichton, page 110

Verb (2)

gorm (third-person singular simple present gorms, present participle gorming, simple past and past participle gormed)

  1. (colloquial, rare) To devour; to wolf down (food).
    • The bear came up to the berries and stopped. Not accustomed to eat out of a pail, he tipped it over, and nosed about the fruit "gorming" it down, mixed with leaves and dirt, […]1885, James Johonnot, Neighbors with Claws and Hoofs, and Their Kin, page 105

Verb (3)

gorm (third-person singular simple present gorms, present participle gorming, simple past and past participle gormed)

  1. (Appalachia, New-England, Southern US, dialectal, often) To make a mess of.
    • I find the cheap shilling self-filling pen advertised in these pages excellent value—quite equal to that of fountain-pens I have paid ten times as much for. It is also durable. I am a careless person, and prefer to discard it when I have “gormed” it […]1910, English Mechanic and World of Science, volume 91, page 273

Adjective

gormed (not comparable)

  1. (UK, dialectal, euphemistic) Damned, in the sense of "I'll be damned if...", expressing utter certainty.
    Synonyms:
    jiggered

Synonyms of gormed

Origin of gormed

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about gormed

What does gormed mean?
Gormed means damned, in the sense of "I'll be damned if...", expressing utter certainty.
What is gormed the simple past and past participle of?
Gormed is the simple past and past participle of gorm.
What part of speech is gormed?
Gormed is an adjective.

Words near gormed in the dictionary

  1. gormanite
  2. gormanites
  3. Gormans
  4. Gormans Hill
  5. Gormanston
  6. gormed
  7. Gormenghastian
  8. Gormfhlaith
  9. Gormflaith
  10. gormful
  11. gorming

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