Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gollum

/ˈɡɑləm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: gol-lum
IPA: /ˈɡɑləm/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who bears the traits or has the characteristics of Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.

verb

To act like Gollum, the fictional character.

Example Sentences

"Mike Biggins Gollumed... "After a few years it still amazes me that there are so many egocentric 'facilitators' trying to pass 'enlightenment' to the uneducated via Apz... but... APZ is MINE, it's MY PRECIOUS!" And it came to pass that he spent his life festering in the cayons and caves of his own poisoned min(es)d!"

Etymology

A fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In the story, he was originally known as Sméagol but was later named Gollum after his habit of making “a horrible swallowing noise in his throat”. The name Sméagol comes from Old English smeagan (“to question, scrutinize”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɡɑləm/

Inflected Forms

Gollums (plural) Gollums (present, singular) Golluming (participle, present) Gollumed (participle, past) Gollumed (past)

Rhymes With

column solemn slalom collum colomb golomb mccollom collom wollam mahlum golem

Questions

How do you pronounce gollum?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɑləm/.
What does gollum mean?: A person who bears the traits or has the characteristics of Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.
Where does gollum come from?: A fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In the story, he was originally known as Sméagol but was later named Gollum after his habit of making “a horrible swallowing noise in his throat”. The name Sméagol comes from Old English smeagan (“to question, scrutinize”).

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