Gorm
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡɔːm/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Gorm is a verb meaning (UK and US, dialects) To gawk; to stare or gape.
Meaning
(UK and US, dialects) To gawk; to stare or gape.
More Meanings
- (colloquial, rare) To devour; to wolf down (food).
- Alternative form of gaum (“to smear”).
- (dialectal, chiefly Southern US, Appalachia, New England, often with ‘up’) To make a mess of.
Example Sentences
For quotations using this term, see Citations:gorm.
They would stand in silence, mindlessly gorming at each other, […]
"It was in a little sprinkler bottle, an' I gormed it onto my vittles good an' thick. Lordy, Lordy, an' now I got to die!"
"Tell Sannah to bring some coffee," said the young woman to a diminutive Kaffir boy, who stood gorming at us with round black eyes.
Word Forms
- gorms
- gorming
- gormed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gawm, gaum, goop, gaup, glop, gizzing.
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