broom

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for…

   A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

   • Meronyms: broomstick (handle), bavin (head)
2. 2

   An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less

   An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.

3. 3

   Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin…

   Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.

   • At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot.
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   1. 4

      A firearm

      A firearm; especially, a shotgun.

      • I just got the drop, there is an opp OFB step with the broom
      • He got forced to hold that broom, that dickhead reminds me of Cinderella
   2. 5

      To sweep with a broom.

      • […] Sidi, I was busy in the exercise of my functions, occupied in brooming the 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. […]
      • After that I did take the broom from its place, and I gave the floor a good brooming. I broomed the boards up and down and cross-ways. There was not a speck of dirt on them left.
   3. 6

      To improve the embedding of a membrane by using a broom or squeegee to smooth it out and…

      To improve the embedding of a membrane by using a broom or squeegee to smooth it out and ensure contact with the adhesive under the membrane.

   4. 7

      To get rid of someone, like firing an employee or breaking up with a girlfriend, to sweep…

      To get rid of someone, like firing an employee or breaking up with a girlfriend, to sweep another out of one's life.

      • April 2002 Willem 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, then broom her fast.
      • let the employee leave on his own, or the boss must broom him. If you hire, or inherit, able people, and you groom them, you won't have to broom them. Groom, broom, and watch your company zoom.
   5. 8

      Alternative form of bream (“to clean a ship's bottom”).

   6. 9

      Alternative form of brrm (“sound of a car engine”) (often used reduplicatively)

      • I'm in me mum's car, broom broom
   7. 10

      A number of places in England

      A number of places in England:

   8. 11

      A suburb of Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5556).

   9. 12

      A hamlet in Kilgetty/Begelly community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1108).

   10. 13

       A surname.

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