GIMME Definition & Meaning

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Informal. give me.

noun

Slang.

Golf. a final short putt that a player is not required to take in informal play.
the gimmes,
1. reliance on or a demand for the generosity of others, especially as one's due:
  grown children with the gimmes who still expect money from their parents.
2. greediness.

gimme

/ ˈɡɪ��ː /

interjection

slang.
give me!

noun

golf a short putt that one is excused by one's opponent from playing because it is considered too easy to miss

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of gimme¹

First recorded in 1925–30; a phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of give me in continuous rapid speech

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What a gimme this game is for Manchester City.

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Then, the “Chandelier” singer said, she would go to where producer Jesse Shatkin was staying on her Palm Springs property, and songs including the album’s first single, “Gimme Love,” just “blurpled out.”

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So, this is not a gimme for Wolves, but even with Matheus Cunha suspended, they will see this game as an opportunity to put more space between them and the bottom three.

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After beating Southampton last time out, this feels like another 'gimme' for Chelsea, and just when they needed it too.

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"Gimme a hug, Gimme a hug!," pleads Drake on one track from his new album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U.

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