gimme

English

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of give me.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɪmiː/
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Contraction

gimme

  1. (colloquial) give me.
    Gimme the ball.

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Noun

gimme (plural gimmes)

  1. (colloquial) Something that is easily obtained.
    It's a gimme.
    1. (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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