Broom

Quick meaning: Broom is a noun meaning (countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

Meaning

(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

More Meanings

1. (countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To sweep with a broom.
3. (figurative) To get rid of someone, like firing an employee or breaking up with a girlfriend, to sweep another out of one's life.
4. (nautical) Alternative form of bream (“to clean a ship's bottom”).
5. Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.
6. (roofing) To improve the embedding of a membrane by using a broom or squeegee to smooth it out and ensure contact with the adhesive under the membrane.
7. (slang, rare) A firearm; especially, a shotgun.

Example Sentences

Meronyms: broomstick (handle), bavin (head)

I just got the drop, there is an opp OFB step with the broom

If F’s in the room step with the broom finna here a boom with a boom!

He got forced to hold that broom, that dickhead reminds me of Cinderella

Word Forms

• brooms
• brooming
• broomed

Synonyms for broom

Depending on context, synonyms include broomstick, boomstick, firearm, gat, gun, iron.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sweep, heather, ling, broomstick, mop, dustpan.

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