"glim" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡlɪm/ [UK] Audio: En-au-glim.ogg [Australia] Forms: glims [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪm Etymology: From Middle English glim, glimme (“radiance; shining brightness”), of uncertain further origin. Perhaps from Old English gleomu (“splendor”) and/or Old Norse *glim, *glima, both apparently from Proto-Germanic *glimō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰley-}}, {{inh|en|enm|glim}} Middle English glim, {{m|enm|glimme|t=radiance; shining brightness}} glimme (“radiance; shining brightness”), {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{inh|en|ang|gleomu|t=splendor}} Old English gleomu (“splendor”), {{der|en|non|*glim}} Old Norse *glim, {{m|non|*glima}} *glima, {{der|en|gem-pro|*glimō}} Proto-Germanic *glimō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰley-|t=to gleam, shimmer, glow}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”), {{cog|nn|glim}} Norwegian Nynorsk glim, {{cog|gmq-osw|glim}} Old Swedish glim, {{m|gmq-osw|glimma}} glimma Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} glim (countable and uncountable, plural glims)
  1. (obsolete) Brightness; splendour. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-glim-en-noun-y~J1JPGi
  2. (archaic, slang) A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire. Tags: archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-glim-en-noun-sqtAqbP8
  3. (archaic, slang) An eye. Tags: archaic, countable, slang, uncountable Derived forms (eye): glimflashy (english: angry)
    Sense id: en-glim-en-noun-QVBYOg3x Disambiguation of 'eye': 0 0 94 6 0 0 0
  4. (archaic, slang) A pair of glasses or spectacles. Tags: archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-glim-en-noun-uj~pUQSf
  5. (archaic, slang) A look; a glimpse. Tags: archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-glim-en-noun-CROONWcL
  6. (archaic, slang) Gonorrhea. Tags: archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-glim-en-noun-Kmrtt4do
  7. (archaic, slang) Fake documents claiming the loss of property by fire (for use in begging). Tags: archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-glim-en-noun-VYZWgo2f

Verb

IPA: /ɡlɪm/ [UK] Audio: En-au-glim.ogg [Australia] Forms: glims [present, singular, third-person], glimming [participle, present], glimmed [participle, past], glimmed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪm Etymology: From Middle English glim, glimme (“radiance; shining brightness”), of uncertain further origin. Perhaps from Old English gleomu (“splendor”) and/or Old Norse *glim, *glima, both apparently from Proto-Germanic *glimō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰley-}}, {{inh|en|enm|glim}} Middle English glim, {{m|enm|glimme|t=radiance; shining brightness}} glimme (“radiance; shining brightness”), {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{inh|en|ang|gleomu|t=splendor}} Old English gleomu (“splendor”), {{der|en|non|*glim}} Old Norse *glim, {{m|non|*glima}} *glima, {{der|en|gem-pro|*glimō}} Proto-Germanic *glimō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰley-|t=to gleam, shimmer, glow}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”), {{cog|nn|glim}} Norwegian Nynorsk glim, {{cog|gmq-osw|glim}} Old Swedish glim, {{m|gmq-osw|glimma}} glimma Head templates: {{en-verb}} glim (third-person singular simple present glims, present participle glimming, simple past and past participle glimmed)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To brand on the hand. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-glim-en-verb-3QyCYQ8E
  2. (dated, slang) To illuminate. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-glim-en-verb-rTl~oym-
  3. (dated, slang) To see; to observe. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-glim-en-verb-zBQJ4vzY

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for glim meaning in English (9.0kB)

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Brightness; splendour."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Brightness",
          "brightness"
        ],
        [
          "splendour",
          "splendour"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Brightness; splendour."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1837, Charles Dickens, chapter 16, in Oliver Twist",
          "text": "'Let's have a glim,' said Sikes, 'or we shall go breaking our necks, or treading on the dog. Look after your legs if you do!'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1851, Herman Melville, chapter 3, in Moby-Dick",
          "text": "\"Come along here, I'll give ye a glim in a jiffy;\" and so saying he lighted a candle and held it towards me, offering to lead the way.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 5, in Treasure Island",
          "text": "'Sure enough, they left their glim here,' said the fellow from the window.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "candle",
          "candle"
        ],
        [
          "lantern",
          "lantern"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, slang) A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An eye."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, slang) An eye."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pair of glasses or spectacles."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "glasses",
          "glasses"
        ],
        [
          "spectacles",
          "spectacles"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, slang) A pair of glasses or spectacles."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A look; a glimpse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ],
        [
          "glimpse",
          "glimpse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, slang) A look; a glimpse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Gonorrhea."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Gonorrhea",
          "gonorrhea"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, slang) Gonorrhea."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1851, Henry Mayhew, “Of the 'Screevers,' or Writers of Begging-Letters and Petitions”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 312",
          "text": "Tayler Tom lent me a shillin wish I send inklosed and yu must porn sumthing for anuther shilling and get Joe the Loryer to rite a fake for William not a glim (loss by fire) but a brakd say as e ad a hors fell downe with the mad staggurs an broke all is plates and dishes an we are starvin you can sa that the children is got the mesuls[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Fake documents claiming the loss of property by fire (for use in begging)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Fake",
          "fake"
        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, slang) Fake documents claiming the loss of property by fire (for use in begging)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡlɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
    },
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      ],
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    }
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  "word": "glim"
}

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        "3": "*ǵʰley-"
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
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        "1": "nn",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "glim"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish glim",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "glimma"
      },
      "expansion": "glimma",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "form": "glims",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "glimming",
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        "present"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1714, Memoirs of the Right Villainous John Hall",
          "text": "Profligate women were glimm'd for that villany.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To brand on the hand."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brand",
          "brand"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete, transitive) To brand on the hand."
      ],
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        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To illuminate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "illuminate",
          "illuminate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, slang) To illuminate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1918, Tommy West, The Long, Long Trail in the World of Sport",
          "text": "About 9 o'clock he showed up and he knew me the moment he glimmed me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943-12-11, “Pipes for Pitchmen”, in Billboard, page 55",
          "text": "Heibers further states he glimmed the following on Maxwell Street on a Sunday morning[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To see; to observe."
      ],
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        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ],
        [
          "observe",
          "observe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, slang) To see; to observe."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡlɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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