different between toom vs goom

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English t?m (“empty”), from Proto-Germanic *t?maz (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”).

Adjective

toom (comparative more toom, superlative most toom)

1. (rare or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Empty; bare.

Derived terms

• toomly

Noun

toom (plural tooms)

1. (chiefly Scottish) A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited.

Verb

toom (third-person singular simple present tooms, present participle tooming, simple past and past participle toomed)

1. (rare or dialectal) To empty; teem.

Etymology 2

From Middle English toom, tome, tom, from Old Norse tóm (“vacant time, leisure”), from Proto-Germanic *t?m? (“vacant time, leisure”). Related to Old Norse tómr (“vacant, empty”).

Noun

toom (usually uncountable, plural tooms)

1. Vacant time, leisure.

References

• “toom” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Anagrams

• MOTO, moot, moto, moto-, tomo-

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *t?m, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz.Doublet with Dutch team, from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to?m/
• Rhymes: -o?m

Noun

toom m or n (plural tomen, diminutive toompje n)

1. bridle, rein

   Je moet die jongens echt even in toom houden - You really need to keep those boys in check

2. a flock of birds (especially ducks, geese and swans)
3. frenulum

Anagrams

• moot

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *toomi, from Proto-Uralic *?ëme.

Noun

toom (genitive toome, partitive toome)

1. bird cherry

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• toomingas

English

Etymology 1

A dialectal variant of gum.

Noun

goom (plural gooms)

1. (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.

Etymology 2

Noun

goom (uncountable)

1. (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."

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)

1. (archaic) attention, gaum

   Synonyms: aandacht, attentie

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English guma.

Noun

goom

1. Alternative form of gome (“man”)
   • a. 1450, Arthur (Marquis of Bath's MS):

     Kynges & Erles Echon. Þes were; & many anoþer goom

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gaumr.

Noun

goom

1. Alternative form of gome (“regard”)