Meaning

Alternative spelling of gom (foolish person)..

Definitions by Sense

1. Alternative spelling of gom (foolish person).
2. (dialectal) Alternative form of gum (make sticky, or impair the function of)
3. (UK, dialectal) Alternative form of gorm (gawk, gape)

Example Sentences

"E-y-e-s front ! Och, luk in front av ye, for the love o' marcy, an' don't be bigger gawms than y'are." Again he took up his parade before the squad.

The farmer would accuse his son of idleness; the son would retort that his father was a drunken gawm.

In twenty-wan years in this box I don't believe I've ever pulled down wan of those signal yokes without half-expecting a pint of stout to come out down below somewhere. And isn't it the right gawm I'd look if it did come.

In just about a month to-morrow morning we'll crunch the candy into the rug at every step, and all we touch will be gawmed up and sticky.

A nation cannot get anywhere if it has things gawmed up.

"Might as well be dead as all gawmed up with that fly paper stuff."

"Ay, 'tis indeed," she went on, "and Mistress Ruth has eyes an' ears, an' uses 'em to better purpose than some folks I know" — and she threw a significant glance at her bewildered better half — "as can only stand gaffin' and gawmin' at a body."

“Now, yah ha done! and don't be gawming there, yah soft-headed chawbacon. Go hoam to yar mother!”

Word Forms

• gawms
• gawming
• gawmed

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When Should You Use Gawm?

Use gawm when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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