Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Name.
  • noun Formerly, in France, a name taken by a soldier on entering the service.
  • noun A fictitious name temporarily assumed for any purpose.
  • noun A pseudonym used by a writer instead of his real name; a signature assumed by an author.
  • noun An abbreviation of nominative.
  • noun A preterit of nim.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Name.
  • noun literally, war name; hence, a fictitious name, or one assumed for a time.
  • noun literally, pen name; hence, a name assumed by an author as his or her signature.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Nomination.
  • noun Nominator.
  • noun Nominee.
  • verb transitive, informal To nominate.
  • interjection colloquial Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating. Commonly used as "om nom nom".
  • verb colloquial to eat

Etymologies

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Onomatopoeic.

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Shortened from nomination, nominee, and so on.

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  • Plural: noms.

    Nom nom nom nom...

    July 25, 2008

  • Chained, are you teething?

    July 29, 2008