bomme
Cimbrian
[edit]Contraction
[edit]bomme
- (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of vomme
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]bomme c
- indefinite plural of bom
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From bom (a shot that fails to hit the target), from bomme (to shoot, to boom, hurtle, roar), from bom!, interjection cognate to English boom!.
Verb
[edit]bomme (imperative bom, present tense bommer, passive bommes, simple past and past participle bomma or bommet, present participle bommende)
- to miss the target
- Kula bommet på målskiva
- The bullet missed the aim
- to guess or answer incorrectly
- De bommet på seks av ti spørsmål
- They failed on six out of ten questions
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]bomme (imperative bom, present tense bommer, passive bommes, simple past and past participle bomma or bommet, present participle bommende)
- (slang) to bum, to ask for, beg for, borrow, get, (something) for free
- Kan jeg bomme en sigg?
- Can I bum a cig (off you)?
References
[edit]- “bomme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.