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

From English bum.

Verb edit

bomme (imperative bom, present tense bommer, passive bommes, simple past and past participle bomma or bommet, present participle bommende)

(slang) to ask for, beg for, borrow, get (something)
Kan jeg bomme en sigg?
Can I have a cig?

References edit

“bomme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.