grommet

WOTD – 22 February 2010    

See also Grommet

English

Wikipedia

Rubber grommets.

Alternative forms

• grummet

Etymology

From obsolete French gromette (“curb chain”) (modern spelling gourmette).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡɹɒm.ɪt/, /ˈɡɹʌm.ɪt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɡɹɑ.mɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɒmɪt

Noun

grommet (plural grommets)

1. A reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet.
2. (surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding) A young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder, or snowboarder.

   What do you over the pond skaterboarders ^[sic]say? Is there a global term to be used to label someone as a skateboarder? Does it matter? I suppose the only one you can apply widely is ‘grommet’

3. A circle formed of three-stranded rope.

Synonyms

• (surfer, snowboarder): grom

Derived terms

• drop grommet

Translations

reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring

• Finnish: holkki (fi)
• French: oeillet renforçé (fr), manchon (fr) m, passe-câble (fr) m (electricity)

• German: Grommet (de)
• Russian: люверс (ru) (ljuvers) m
• Spanish: ollao reforzado (es)

young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder or snowboarder

References

• Grommet in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.