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English

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A man using a broom (utensil for sweeping)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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InheritedfromMiddle Englishbrom,fromOld Englishbrōm(“brushwood”),fromProto-West Germanic*brām(“bramble”)(compareSaterland FrisianBrom,West Frisianbrem,Dutchbraam,German Low GermanBraam), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰrem-,from*bʰer-‘edge’. Related tobrim,brink.

(shotgun):So called because it is (like the cleaning utensil) long and held similarly to a besom and “cleans”what isin front.

Noun

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broom(countableanduncountable,pluralbrooms)

  1. (countable)Adomesticutensilwith fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used forsweeping.
    Synonym:besom
  2. (countable,curling)An implement with which playerssweepthe ice to make astonetravel further andcurlless; asweeper.
  3. Any of several yellow-floweredshrubsof the familyFabaceae,with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.
    • 1949November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, inRailway Magazine,page408:
      At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, andbroomand brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot.
    1. Especially, of thetribeGenisteae,includinggeneraCytisus,Genista,andSpartium.
    2. Of plants not closely related to those of tribeGenisteae.
  4. (slang,rare)Ashotgun.
    • 2015September 26, Ms. Hustle (lyricist),Ms. Hustle vs. O’fficial(Summer Madness; 5)‎[1],Ultimate Rap League,from 48:07–48:28:
      So keep talking all that fly shit, and I’ma grab the tool
      And the lead will get stuck in your head like a catchy tune
      Soon as I look down on a target, bitch, your ass is doomed
      Trust exercise with Ahdi, arms out to catch a boom
      You see this sweeper I got, it ain’t your averagebroom
      This ring will wet this bitch like a happy groom
    • 2017July 17,OFB(RV, Kash, Lowkey, Headie One, Bradz & Tuggzy) (lyrics and music), “Loyal” ‎[2],2:45–2:47:
      I just got the drop, there is an opp
      OFB step with thebroom
    • 2019September 11, Yanko (lyrics and music), “Next Up”, in#ACGK‎[3],1:59:
      He got forced to hold thatbroom,that dickhead reminds me of Cinderella
    • 2020July 2, “Stop Check”, LR of TPL (lyrics)‎[4]:
      Pull up to the 🎵 get whacked with thebroom
      TT liz on my line, so you know it got moved
      Distribute, click, click, shoot
      That's another face on frontline news
    • 2020July 3, “Lightwork Freestyle”, Y.CB of 7th (lyrics)‎[5]:
      Back that strap then blaze, fry man
      Tell bro “make sure you twos that yute”
      Rise that stick when the street needs cleaning
      The pigs know this ain't no averagebroom
    • 2020October 23, “Talk Bout Hollows”, DBF MD (lyrics),0:30–0:33:
      If F’s in the room
      step with thebroom
      finna here a boom with a boom!
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:firearm
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • →Chinook Jargon:bloom
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Verb

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broom(third-person singular simple presentbrooms,present participlebrooming,simple past and past participlebroomed)

  1. (transitive,intransitive)Tosweepwith a broom.
    • 1855September 29,Charles Dickens,"Model Officials", inHousehold Words: A Weekly Journal,Bradbury and Evens (1856),page 206:
      “[…]Sidi, I was busy in the exercise of my functions, occupied inbroomingthe front of the stables, when who should come but Hhamed Ould Denéï on horseback, at full gallop, as if he were going to break his neck.[…]”
    • a.1857,William Makepeace Thackeray,Our Street,inChristmas Books: Mrs. Perkins's Ball, Our Street, Dr. Birch,Chapman & Hall (1857),Our Streetpage 8:
      It was but this morning at eight, when poor Molly, wasbroomingthe steps, and the baker paying her by no means unmerited compliments, that my landlady came whirling out of the ground-floor front, and sent the poor girl whimpering into the kitchen.
    • a.1920,Opal Stanley Whiteley,The Story of Opal: The Journal of an Understanding Heart,Atlantic Monthly Press (1920),pages 58–59:
      After that I did take the broom from its place, and I gave the floor a goodbrooming.Ibroomedthe boards up and down and cross-ways. There was not a speck of dirt on them left.
    • 1997,Will Hobbs,Far North,HarperCollins,→ISBN,page100:
      Webroomedthe dirt floor clean with spruce branches, brought our gear inside, and moved in.
  2. (roofing)To improve theembeddingof a membrane by using a broom orsqueegeeto smooth it out and ensure contact with the adhesive under the membrane.
  3. (figurative)to get rid of someone, like firing an employee or breaking up with a girlfriend, to sweep another out of one's life
    • April 2002Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn, speaking to his son Harry, in the film "Spider-Man"
      A word to the "not-so-wise" about your girlfriend. Do what you need to with her, thenbroomher fast.
    • August 2002Jeffrey J. FoxHow to Become a Great Boss: The Rules for Getting and Keeping the Best Employeespage 15
      let the employee leave on his own, or the boss mustbroomhim. If you hire, or inherit, able people, and you groom them, you won't have tobroomthem. Groom,broom,and watch your company zoom.
    • 2012,George Stevens Jr.,Conversations at the American Film Institute with the Great Moviemakers: The Next Generation,page204:
      I still was going to go with Breslin until one day he said to me, "I got a confession to make to you. When my mother died on her deathbed I promised her I'd never drive a car and I still don't know how to drive a car." I figured for this picture you have to drive a car, so I just decided tobroomhim and go with an actor.
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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broom(third-person singular simple presentbrooms,present participlebrooming,simple past and past participlebroomed)

  1. (nautical)Alternative form ofbream(“to clean a ship's bottom”)

References

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Etymology 3

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Interjection

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broom

  1. Alternative form ofbrrm(“sound of a car engine”)

See also

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References

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  • “broom”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Chemical element
Br
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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broom(uncountable)

  1. bromine

Hypernyms

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Dutch

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Chemical element
Br
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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchbrome.Coined byAntoine-Jérôme Balard.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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broomn(uncountable)

  1. bromine[from mid-19th c.]
    Synonym:bromium

Estonian

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Chemical element
Br
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Etymology

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GermanBrom.

Noun

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broom(genitivebroomi,partitivebroomi)

  1. bromine

Declension

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Declension ofbroom(ÕS type22e/riik,length gradation)
singular plural
nominative broom broomid
accusative nom.
gen. broomi
genitive broomide
partitive broomi broome
broomisid
illative broomi
broomisse 		broomidesse
broomesse
inessive broomis broomides
broomes
elative broomist broomidest
broomest
allative broomile broomidele
broomele
adessive broomil broomidel
broomel
ablative broomilt broomidelt
broomelt
translative broomiks broomideks
broomeks
terminative broomini broomideni
essive broomina broomidena
abessive broomita broomideta
comitative broomiga broomidega

Further reading

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  • “broom”,in[EKSS]Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat[Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation),2009
  • broominSõnaveeb(Eesti Keele Instituut)

Middle English

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Noun

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broom

  1. Alternative form ofbrom
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