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verb (used with object)
1.
to enlarge to desired size (a previously bored hole) by means of a reamer.
2.
to clear with a reamer; remove or press out by reaming.
3.
to extract the juice from: to ream an orange.
4.
Slang.
a.
to scold or reprimand severely (usually followed by out).
b.
to cheat; defraud.
Origin:
1805–15; origin uncertain
1805–15; origin uncertain
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Reamed
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Word Origin & History
ream
"to enlarge a hole," 1815, probably a S.W. England dialect survival from M.E. reme "to make room, open up," from O.E. ryman "widen, extend, enlarge," from P.Gmc. *rumijanan (cf. O.S. rumian, O.N. ryma, O.Fris. rema, O.H.G. rumen "to make room, widen"), from *rumaz "spacious" (see
EXPAND room). Slang meaning "to cheat, swindle" first recorded 1914; anal sex sense is from 1942. To ream (someone) out "scold, reprimand" is recorded from 1950.
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