grommet

See also: Grommet

WOTD – 22 February 2010

English

Rubber grommets.

Alternative forms

• grummet
• gromet

Etymology

From obsolete (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French gromette (“curb chain”) (modern spelling gourmette).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɒm.ɪt/, /ˈɡɹʌm.ɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑ.mɪt/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ɒmɪt

Noun

grommet (plural grommets)

1. A reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet.
2. (nautical) A ring formed of a single strand of rope, laid in three times round, fastening the upper edge of a sail to its stay.
3. (flags) An eyelet at the hoist end of a flag, used to fasten the flag to its halyard.
4. (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’.

5. A boy serving on a ship.

Synonyms

• (eylet): grunyon
• (nautical): cringle
• (surfer, snowboarder): grom

Derived terms

• drop grommet
• edge grommet, grommet edging
• surgical grommet
• cable grommet
• grommet press, grommet punch

Translations

reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring

• Afrikaans: kabelwartel
• Bulgarian: илик m (ilik)
• Dutch: kabelwartel
• Finnish: holkki (fi)
• French: œillet renforçé, manchon (fr) m, passe-câble m (electricity), presse-étoupe (fr)
• Galician: arandela f
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• German: Grommet, Durchführungstülle f, Augenring (de) m, Öse (de) f, Tülle (de) f, Ringkausch f, Kausch f
• Italian: boccola (it) f, occhiello (it) m, passacavo (it) m
• Maori: takaore
• Russian: люверс (ru) m (ljuvers)
• Spanish: ollao reforzado

young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder or snowboarder

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Verb

grommet (third-person singular simple present grommets, present participle grommeting, simple past and past participle grommeted)

1. (transitive) To insert a grommet into.
2. (transitive) To fasten using a grommet.
3. (intransitive) To apply grommets.

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