GORM

Etymology 1

Verb

gorm (third-person singular simple present gorms, present participle gorming, simple past and past participle gormed)

(UK and US, dialects) To gawk; to stare or gape.

Etymology 2

Verb

gorm (third-person singular simple present gorms, present participle gorming, simple past and past participle gormed)

Alternative form of gaum (to smear).

Etymology 3

From gormandize/gormandise.

Verb

gorm (third-person singular simple present gorms, present participle gorming, simple past and past participle gormed)

(colloquial, rare) To devour; to wolf down (food).

Etymology 4

Verb

gorm (third-person singular simple present gorms, present participle gorming, simple past and past participle gormed)

(dialectal, chiefly, Southern US, Appalachia, New England, often with ‘up’) To make a mess of.

Anagrams

• grom

Source: Wiktionary


Gorm, n.

Definition: Axle grease. See Gome. [Prov. Eng.]

Gorm, v. t.

Definition: To daub, as the hands or clothing, with gorm; to daub with anything sticky. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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