"Gollum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɑləm/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gollum.wav Forms: Gollums [plural]
enPR: gäl'əm [US] Rhymes: -ɒləm Etymology: A fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In the story, he was originally known as Sméagol and later named Gollum after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing noise in his throat". The name, Sméagol, comes from Old English smeagan (“to burrow”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ang|smeagan||to burrow}} Old English smeagan (“to burrow”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Gollum (plural Gollums)
  1. A person who bears the traits or has the characteristics of Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Categories (topical): Fictional characters, Human behaviour, J. R. R. Tolkien, People Translations (fictional character): গলম (golom) (Bengali), Gòl·lum [masculine] (Catalan), 咕嚕 (Chinese Mandarin), 咕噜 (gūlu) (Chinese Mandarin), Glum [masculine] (Czech), Gollem (Dutch), Sméagol (Dutch), Klonkku (Finnish), Gollum (German), גולום (Hebrew), ゴクリ (Japanese), गोल्लम (gollam) [masculine] (Marathi), Горлум (Gorlum) (Russian), Голлум (english: Gollum) (Russian), Голум [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Golum [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Gollum (Swedish), กอลลัม (gɔn-lâm) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-Gollum-en-noun-NQEZT4IR Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 58 42 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 96 4 Disambiguation of J. R. R. Tolkien: 97 3 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 90 10

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɑləm/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gollum.wav Forms: Gollums [present, singular, third-person], Golluming [participle, present], Gollumed [participle, past], Gollumed [past]
enPR: gäl'əm [US] Rhymes: -ɒləm Etymology: A fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In the story, he was originally known as Sméagol and later named Gollum after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing noise in his throat". The name, Sméagol, comes from Old English smeagan (“to burrow”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ang|smeagan||to burrow}} Old English smeagan (“to burrow”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} Gollum (third-person singular simple present Gollums, present participle Golluming, simple past and past participle Gollumed)
  1. To act like Gollum, the fictional character.
    Sense id: en-Gollum-en-verb-HwDVQNM5

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2005 April 28, Julian Love God, “X-Roasting”, in alt.zen (Usenet), message-ID <1114704034.462969.53660@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>:",
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