Meaning of gimme | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Give me.
   colloquial, contraction
2. That which is easy to perform or obtain, especially in sports.
   colloquial
3. A tap-in putt, usually a couple inches from the cup.
   colloquial
4. That which is simply given away for nothing; a freebie.
   colloquial
5. That which is certain; that which is sure to be the case.

Equivalents

Examples

“Gimme the ball.”

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“Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight / Won't somebody help⟳ me chase⟳ the shadows away?”

“Come⟳ on, Dad / Gimme the car tonight / I got this girl, I wanna…”

“You have⟳ to swipe along to page three of Fifa's world rankings before catching sight of the Faroe Islands, perched in 114th place⟳, nearly 70 spots below Scotland. But under Hakan Ericson, they no longer represent⟳ the gimme fixture most in world football once reckoned them to be.”

“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 for the hole, it would have⟳ gone in.”

“The Trojan horse gimme typically arrives as an e-mail attachment promising something for nothing (that is, a “gimme”)—maybe a fun free screen saver,[…]”

“Our first answered prayer is Salvation—the entry of Christ— but that is a “gimme,” it is a “freebie,” for God has already answered this prayer for everyone, even before he or she asks.”

“Imani: Well, yeah, I was smoking a lot of weed back then, that's a gimme. At the Manor it was really just smoking. Stress⟳ smoking. We didn't have⟳ no chronic at the time—there were some mushrooms here and there.”

“Didn't wear⟳ any rings, and if she had worn some, they would have⟳ contained purple stones, that was a gimme. A nightmarish thought flashed through his head. Him waking on a Sunday morning, finding Cresta there in his bed beside him,[…]”

“The staid and uncool Democratic Establishment, by blowing a gimme election, had discredited itself.”

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