different between goos vs goom
goos
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u?z/
Noun
goos
- plural of goo
Verb
goos
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goo
Cornish
Alternative forms
- goes
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *waytos, probably ultimately from the root of gwythi (“veins”), see that entry for cognates. Cognate with Breton gwad and Welsh gwaed.
Pronunciation
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [??o?z]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [??u?z]
Noun
goos m (plural gosow)
- blood
- bloodline
Mutation
References
Middle English
Alternative forms
- gosse, goce, gos, gose
Etymology
From Old English g?s
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?s/
Noun
goos (plural gese or gece)
- goose (especially a female one)
- The meat or corpse of a goose; a dead goose.
- A fool or idiot.
Related terms
- goselyng
- goshauk
- gossomer
Descendants
- English: goose
- Scots: guse
Somali
Noun
goos ?
- The act of biting
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goom
English
Etymology 1
A dialectal variant of gum.
Noun
goom (plural gooms)
- (obsolete outside dialects) Alternative form of gum
- 1738 November 24, Richard Kay, Diary:
- November 24. This Day I've spent some Time in my Closet, have been but ill to Day of Tumour in my Goom which is this Afternoon burst.
- 1833, Asa Greene, The Life and Adventures of Dr. Dodimus Duckworth, volume 2, page 5:
- "I'm cutting the goom," replied the student.
- "You've got the wrong tooth," roared the man.
- 1898, The Outlook, page 69:
- Oh, just put a little hunk on the ‘ goom ’ over the tooth. I s'pose it kind o' stim-a-lates it."
- 1907, William Carew Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases:
- Soon in the goom [gum], quick in the womb.
- 1949, Cleone N. Collins, in an article published in Tic, the journal of the Ticonium Company:
- "And Doc will you take a look at my ‘goom’? I want my plates tight, so they won't drop or bob. Say Doc, will I be able to eat corn on the cob?"
- 1973, Northwest dentistry, volume 52, page 94:
- Why didn't you just pull it? My goom still has a sore where you put that needle.
- 1738 November 24, Richard Kay, Diary:
Etymology 2
Noun
goom (uncountable)
- (especially Australia) methylated spirits.
- 1988, Ruby Langford, Susan Hampton, Don't Take Your Love to Town, page 106:
- I rushed to see what was wrong and I could smell metho on his breath. 'Robbie, who gave you the goom?'
- 1993, Mudrooroo, The aboriginal protestors confront the declaration of the Australian Republic, in The Mudrooroo/Müller Project: A Theatrical Casebook ?ISBN, page 107
- THE BUREAUCRAT I didn't touch him; I didn't touch him. The goom's got him.
- BOB He doesn't drink, mate. His system's not up to it.
- 2000, Herb Wharton, Unbranded ?ISBN
- "No, don't bother, it's only a bottle of goom."
- 2007, James Maxey, Bitterwood ?ISBN, page 181:
- He popped the cork to unleash the powerful, musk- sharp stench of goom, a powerful alcohol distilled from wild swamp cabbage and seasoned with cayenne. […] The goom spilled all over his torso. The burning sensation wasn't unpleasant.
- 2009, Chloe Hooper, Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee ?ISBN, page 200:
- Zillman: "And he also had some goom, didn't he?"
- Kidner: "Yeah, methylated spirits."
- 1988, Ruby Langford, Susan Hampton, Don't Take Your Love to Town, page 106:
References
- goom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Moog, gomo, mogo
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gome, goom. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gaumaz, *gaum? (“attention”).
Noun
goom m (uncountable)
- (archaic) attention, gaum
- Synonyms: aandacht, attentie
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English guma.
Noun
goom
- Alternative form of gome (“man”)
- a. 1450, Arthur (Marquis of Bath's MS):
- Kynges & Erles Echon. Þes were; & many anoþer goom
- a. 1450, Arthur (Marquis of Bath's MS):
Etymology 2
From Old Norse gaumr.
Noun
goom
- Alternative form of gome (“regard”)
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