bomme
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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)
References[edit]
- “bomme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.