broom – English noun declension

English noun forms of broom

Noun: broom
Singularbroom
Pluralbrooms

Sample Sentences

  • Meronyms: broomstick (handle), bavin (head)
  • 'Smuggling was a way of life here, with no stigma attached,' David explained. His own granny used to smuggle out rabbit meat, tied to her body, and bring back such coveted Italian goods as chocolate, coffee and brooms. 'Brooms?' I asked him in disbelief. 'Yes, ordinary sorghum brooms, which were in short supply in Communist Yugoslavia, like many other basic household goods,' he said with a smile. [2026 June 24, Vitali Vitaliev, “Life on the borderline”, in RAIL, number 1064, page 68:]
  • At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot. [1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 408:]
  • […] and thy broom groves,
  • Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves,
  • Being lass-lorn […] [1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:]
  • So keep talking all that fly shit, and I’ma grab the tool
  • And the lead will get stuck in your head like a catchy tune
  • Soon as I look down on a target, bitch, your ass is doomed
  • Trust exercise with Ahdi, arms out to catch a boom
  • You see this sweeper I got, it ain’t your average broom
  • This ring will wet this bitch like a happy groom [2015 September 26, Ms. Hustle (lyricist), Ms. Hustle vs. O’fficial (Summer Madness; 5), Ultimate Rap League, from 48:07–48:28:]
  • I just got the drop, there is an opp
  • OFB step with the broom [2017 July 17, OFB (RV, Kash, Lowkey, Headie One, Bradz & Tuggzy), “Loyal”, 2:45–2:47:]
  • He got forced to hold that broom, that dickhead reminds me of Cinderella [2019 September 11, Yanko, “Next Up”, in #ACGK, 1:59:]
  • Pull up to the 🎵 get whacked with the broom
  • TT liz on my line, so you know it got moved
  • Distribute, click, click, shoot
  • That's another face on frontline news [2020 July 2, “Stop Check”, LR of TPL (lyrics):]
  • Back that strap then blaze, fry man
  • Tell bro “make sure you twos that yute”
  • Rise that stick when the street needs cleaning
  • The pigs know this ain't no average broom [2020 July 3, “Lightwork Freestyle”, Y.CB of 7th (lyrics):]
  • If F’s in the room
  • step with the broom
  • finna here a boom with a boom! [2020 October 23, “Talk Bout Hollows”, DBF MD (lyrics), 0:30–0:33:]

Etymology

1. Inherited from Middle English brom, from Old English brōm (“brushwood”), from Proto-West Germanic *brām (“bramble”) (compare Saterland Frisian Brom, West Frisian brem, Dutch braam, German Low German Braam), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem-, from *bʰer- ‘edge’. Related to brim, brink.
2. Replaced English besom (from Old English besma (“broom, rod”)), which is now restricted in meaning to a particular kind of broom.
3. (shotgun): So called because it is (like the cleaning utensil) long and held similarly to a besom and “cleans” what is in front. See: Middle English Nouns 'brom', Middle English Nouns 'brom', Dutch Nouns 'braam', Old English Nouns 'besma'.

Verbs referencing "broom"

English Nouns bramble.