rim

Meaning

Noun

1. An edge around something, especially when circular.
2. A wheelrim.
3. A semicircular copydesk.

Verb

1. To form a rim on.
2. To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
3. To roll around a rim.

Verb

To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪm/

Etymology

From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).