different between gimmer vs gimme

English

Etymology

From Middle English gimbyre, from Old Norse gymbr (“one year old ewe lamb”), from Proto-Germanic *gimr?? (“a yearling ewe-lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *??yem- (“winter”).

Noun

gimmer (plural gimmers)

1. (Northern English dialect) A ewe between one and two years old.

Anagrams

• megrim

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gymbr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?m??r/

Noun

gimmer f (definite singular gimra, indefinite plural gimrar or gimrer, definite plural gimrane or gimrene)

1. a gimmer, a ewe between one and two years old

Further reading

• “gimmer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse gymbr (“one year old ewe lamb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???m?r]

Noun

gimmer (plural gimmers)

1. a two-year-old ewe

Derived terms

• gimmer shell (“the scallop Pecten maximus or Aequipecten opercularis”)

English

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of give me.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???mi?/

Contraction

gimme

1. (colloquial) Give me.

See also

• lemme

Noun

gimme (plural gimmes)

1. (colloquial) That which is easily obtained, or certain to occur.

   It's a gimme.

   1. (golf) 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 on the hole, it would have gone in.

Derived terms

• gimme cap, gimme hat

See also

• wannabe