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How to use gimme in a sentence

25 example sentences · contraction, noun

Gimme means give me. Example: “Gimme the ball.”

Examples of gimme by meaning

contractionGive me.

  • Gimme the ball.

nounThat which is easy to perform or obtain, especially in sports.

  • But under Hakan Ericson, they no longer represent the gimme fixture most in world football once reckoned them to be.2021 October 12, Jamie Lyall, “Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland”, in BBC Sport

nounA 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.

nounThat which is simply given away for nothing; a freebie.

  • 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...

nounThat 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.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.2011 08, David Carter, The Murder Diaries - Seven Times Over: Seven Times Over, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 182
  • 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

More sentences with gimme

  • Oy mush, come over here and gimme a hand with the motor.From the entry mush
  • Gimme another beer! — I think you're good.From the entry good
  • Yo, Tony, gimme a slice of pepperoni and a coke.From the entry pepperoni
  • I ain’t ready yet; gimme a sec.From the entry ain't
  • Gimme three regular coffees and three blacks.From the entry regular coffee
  • Gimme two of them yellow ones.From the entry them
  • Pucker up and gimme a kiss!From the entry pucker up
  • 'Gimme your carkeys, your wallet, that nice watch, anything you got of value, and fast.'2000, Campbell Armstrong, Deadline, London: Corgi Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 8. From the entry carkey
  • Please!! gimme a ringie dingie if you have any of these.1995 October 18, Phamos818, “WANTED WANTED WANTED HELP HELP HELP!!”, in rec.music.tori-amos (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Oct…. From the entry ringie dingie
  • 'Gimme pneumony?' 'Just that,' said Leiter, 'if it means saving us from this gas chamber.'1954, Ian Fleming, “The Big Switchboard”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 38. From the entry gas chamber
  • Say, Matt, gimme a jint or two of dat green cane—dis ribbon cane is hard.1930, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Mule Bone, HarperCollins, published 1991, act I, page 49. From the entry ribbon cane
  • “Gimme a shot of rye.” The whiskey stung his throat hot and fragrant.1925, John Dos Passos, Manhattan Transfer, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, 2nd section, page 146. From the entry rye
  • Walt, stumbling helplessly backward under the irresistible push of Tiny’s weight, kept screeching, “Ya tubba lard, gimme my goddam quarter.”1970, (Unattributed), Easyriders Magazine, page 54. From the entry tubba lard
  • "If you had your druthers—" Old Lew was always saying, "If I had my druthers, gimme one of them there Shevrolics."1950, Alice Walworth Graham, The Natchez Woman. From the entry druthers
  • Gimme just a -- Mmm.” “Ugh.”2006 October 8, Jackson Publick & Doc Hammer, “Showdown at Cremation Creek, Part 1” (19:08 from the start), in The Venture Bros., season…. From the entry niblet
  • Gimme two laksa, one milo peng!1992 February 21, HanLin Goh, “touchy subject”, in soc.culture.asean (Usenet). From the entry peng
  • “Your trivia category choices are pop culture listicles, discontinued snack foods, or dog sounds.” “Hey, no shame in going for the easiest one, gimme the listicles.”2024 August 12, Dominic Dierkes, “Live Die Repeat Device (Formerly Known as the Edge of Tomorrow Device)” (12:18 from the start), in Solar…. From the entry listicle
  • "Old guy downstairs, with long hair and a gimpy leg, handed me this yere and gimme fi' cents to fetch it up here to you," stated the messenger.1917, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Those Times and These, page 186. From the entry gimpy

Meaning of gimme

  1. contraction Give me.
  2. noun That which is easy to perform or obtain, especially in sports.
  3. noun A tap-in putt, usually a couple inches from the cup.

Full definition of gimme

Questions about gimme in a sentence

How do you use gimme in a sentence?
Gimme is used as a contraction and noun. For example: “Gimme the ball.”
What is a short sentence with gimme?
“Gimme the ball.”
What does gimme mean?
Gimme means give me.

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