gaum
Plural: gaums
Noun
- Heed; attention.
- Grime.
- A bit, a small amount.
- A useless person.
- A village.
Verb
Verb Forms: gaumed, gauming, gaums
- To smear or make clumsy, often with dirt.
- To understand; comprehend; consider.
- To smear.
- Alternative form of gorm (to make a mess of).
Examples
- He accidentally dropped his drink, threatening to GAUM the Scrabble board with sticky mess.
Origin / Etymology
The noun is from dialectal (Northern) English, from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum, gaumr (“heed, attention”), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō (“attention”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰowe- (“to heed, pay attention”). The verb is from Middle English *gomen, from the noun. Compare native Middle English yemen, from Old English ġīeman (“to care for, heed”), and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “observe”).
Scrabble Score: 7
gaum: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgaum: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gaum: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary