gimme
English
Etymology
Written form of a reduction of give me.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɪmiː/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪmi
Contraction
gimme
- (colloquial) Give me.
- Gimme the ball.
- 1979, Björn Ulvaeus; Benny Andersson (lyrics and music), “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!”, in Voulez-Vous, performed by ABBA:
- Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight / Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away?
- 1983, Gordon Gano (lyrics and music), “Gimme the Car”, in Violent Femmes, performed by Violent Femmes:
- Come on, Dad / Gimme the car tonight / I got this girl, I wanna…
See also
- lemme
Noun
gimme (plural gimmes)
- (colloquial) That which is easily obtained, or certain to occur.
- 2021 October 12, Jamie Lyall, “Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:
- You have to swipe along to page three of Fifa's world rankings before catching sight of the Faroe Islands, perched in 114th place, nearly 70 spots below Scotland. But under Hakan Ericson, they no longer represent the gimme fixture most in world football once reckoned them to be.
- (golf) A 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 on the hole, it would have gone in.
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Derived terms
- gimme a break
- gimme a five
- gimme cap
- gimme hat
- gimme some skin
See also
- wannabe