Om

//ɒm// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation. Hinduism

    "In fact it sounded exactly like the voice of Livia, her vanished sister, and, like her, it was intoning the Aum just as she used once to do at the beginning of her yoga sessions."

  2. 2
    Initialism of outer marker. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    Initialism of otitis media. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 4
    Initialism of old measurement. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 5
    Initialism of old man (term of address for a male). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "Games for the harmonics, (children), YL's and XYL's and the OM's, plus free soda for all."

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  1. 6
    Initialism of operations manager. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To chant the sacred syllable om. intransitive

    "Allen Ginsberg omming like a death rattle, his voice ravaged by the days of Hindu chants and gas."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Occupy movement. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of Olympique de Marseille. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    A river in the south of the Western Siberian plains in Russia, a right tributary of the Irtysh.
  4. 4
    Initialism of Order of Merit, a dynastic order of the Royal House of Windsor. Commonwealth, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

All synonyms
oboperations managerouter marker

Example

More examples

"Mmm, this is one yummy pie! Om nom nom."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ओम् (om) (symbol ॐ (oṃ)). The former (om) is used in both Buddhist and Hindu settings, while the latter (aum) is usually used only in Jain and Hindu settings.

Related phrases

Om Namah Shivayaom mani padme hum

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