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gimme en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of give me.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) That which is easy to perform or obtain, especially in sports.
    • 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 But under Hakan Ericson, they no longer represent the gimme fixture most in world football once reckoned them to be. 2021 October 12, Jamie Lyall, “Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:
  2. (colloquial) That which is easy to perform or obtain, especially in sports. ▸ 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 for the hole, it would have gone in.
  3. (colloquial) That which is easy to perform or obtain, especially in sports. ▸ That which is simply given away for nothing; a freebie.
    • The Trojan horse gimme typically arrives as an e-mail attachment promising something for nothing (that is, a “gimme”)—maybe a fun free screen saver,[…] 2008 April 1, Alan Axelrod, PhD; Guy Antinozzi, J.D., The Complete Idiot's Guide to Campus Safety: Essential Safety Tips Every College Student Should Know, Penguin, →ISBN, page 88:
    • Our first answered prayer is Salvation—the entry of Christ— but that is a “gimme,” it is a “freebie,” for God has already answered this prayer for everyone, even before he or she asks. 2012 November 28, R. Crafton Gibbs, Eternal Life with God: Logos 1, of Writing God's Book of Life, R. Crafton Gibbs / Google Books Play, →ISBN, page 181:
  4. That which is certain; that which is sure to be the case.
    • The staid and uncool Democratic Establishment, by blowing a gimme election, had discredited itself. 2019 March 3, Simon van Zuylen-Wood, “When Did Everyone Become a Socialist?”, in New York Magazine:
    • Imani: Well, yeah, I was smoking a lot of weed back then, that's a gimme. At the Manor it was really just smoking. Stress smoking. We didn't have no chronic at the time—there were some mushrooms here and there. 2009 March 12, Brian Coleman, Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies, Villard, →ISBN, page 332:
    • Didn't wear any rings, and if she had worn some, they would have contained purple stones, that was a gimme. A nightmarish thought flashed through his head. Him waking on a Sunday morning, finding Cresta there in his bed beside him,[…] 2011 08, David Carter, The Murder Diaries - Seven Times Over: Seven Times Over, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 182:

Forms

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Deriveds

gimme hat · gimme cap · gimme some skin · gimme a break · gimme a five

Relateds

wannabe

wikipedia: reduction (linguistics)

gimme en · X

Pronunciation

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of give me.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, contraction) Give me.
    • He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] gem me, gim me, give me. [1687, Chriſtopher Cooper, “Chap. XIX: Of Barbarous Speaking”, in The Engliſh Teacher, London: John Richardſon, for the Author, page 77; republished Menston: Scolar Press, 1969:
    • Come on, Dad / Gimme the car tonight / I got this girl, I wanna… 1983, Gordon Gano, “Gimme the Car”, in Violent Femmes, performed by Violent Femmes:
    • Gimme the ball.
    • Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight / Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away? 1979, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!”, in Voulez-Vous, performed by ABBA:

Deriveds

gimme some skin · gimme five · gimme a break · gimme a five

Relateds

lemme

wikipedia: reduction (linguistics)