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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

bomme.

to miss the target

5 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to miss the target

    Kula bommet på målskiva
  2. to guess or answer incorrectly

    De bommet på seks av ti spørsmål
Where this word comes from

From bom (a shot that fails to hit the target), from bomme (to shoot, to boom, hurtle, roar), from bom!, interjection cognate to English boom!.

verb
  1. to bum, to ask for, beg for, borrow, get, (something) for free

    slang
    Kan jeg bomme en sigg?
Where this word comes from

From English bum.

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