preem

English

Noun

preem (plural preems)

1. (colloquial) The premiere of a film.
   • 2009 July 29, Peter Howell, “TIFF lands high-profile premieres”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     TIFF also announced four other world premieres, plus the North American preems of four more films, including Michael Moore's hotly anticipated Capitalism: A Love Story, the guerrilla director's scathing documentary on the global economic meltdown.

2. (colloquial) A prime minister.

Verb

preem (third-person singular simple present preems, present participle preeming, simple past and past participle preemed)

1. (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To premiere.
   • 1948, Billboard, volume 60, number 2, page 38:

     All but the Radio City Music Hall preemed new shows.

   • 1952, The Spice of Variety, page 139:

     The new Riddell Soup program "WHAT NEXT?" preemed from Hollywood last night.

Anagrams

• Rempe