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gim⋅me

  [gim-ee]
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1. Pronunciation Spelling. give me.
–noun Slang.
2. Golf. a final short putt that a player is not required to take in informal play.
3. the gimmes,
a. reliance on or a demand for the generosity of others, esp. as one's due: grown children with the gimmes who still expect money from their parents.
b. greediness.
Also, gimmie.

Origin:
1925–30; informal pron. of give me
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gim·me   (gĭm'ē)   
Informal
Contraction of give me.
adj.   Slang
Demanding material things or especially money; acquisitive: today's gimme society; tired of gimme letters.
n.   Sports
A putt that is granted to a fellow player as successfully made either before it is attempted or after it is missed in an informal game of golf.
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