reem
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -iːm
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Biblical Hebrew רְאֵם (r'em).
Noun
reem (plural reems)
- A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn).
Translations
horned creature
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Etymology 2
Compare ream (“to make a hole in”).
Verb
reem (third-person singular simple present reems, present participle reeming, simple past and past participle reemed)
- (transitive, nautical) To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.
Etymology 3
Of unclear origins, popularised by Joey Essex. Possibly derived from cream or ream.[1]
Adjective
reem (comparative reemer or more reem, superlative reemest or most reem)
- (UK, chiefly Essex, slang) cool, excellent; desirable; sexy.
- 2011 June 13, Julie McCaffrey, "Forget a suntan, fake it, safely bake or soothe it", The Mirror:
- The cast of The Only Way Is Essex have tried every fake tan in the universe and insist this is best before a reem night out.
- 2012, Becci Fox, Confessions of an Essex Girl: A Smart, Sexy and Scandalously Funny Expose, Pan Macmillan →ISBN
- Imagine a totally reem Hogwarts where Harry Potter looks like he should be in a Wham! video while Hermione's always on her pink BlackBerry and trying to catch Ron's attention by rolling up her skirt higher and higher.
- 2014, Joey Essex, Being Reem, Hachette UK →ISBN
- Room service: The reemest way to get food! […] The party royal is the most reem though because he goes to Vegas.
- 2011 June 13, Julie McCaffrey, "Forget a suntan, fake it, safely bake or soothe it", The Mirror:
References
- ^ 2014, November 22, Dot Wordsworth, Does Joey Essex know what ‘reem’ actually means?, The Spectator
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Middle English
Noun
reem
- Alternative form of reme (“ream”)
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