om
see also: OM
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ɒm/, /əʊm/
Noun

om (plural oms)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
    • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 800:
      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.
    • 2001, Hazel Curry, The Guardian, 20 Oct 2001:
      Om is pronounced "a-a-o-o-u-u-m-m" and is repeated slowly for as long as possible.
Verb

om (oms, present participle omming; past and past participle ommed)

  1. (intransitive) To chant the sacred syllable om.
    • 1996, Nora Sayre, Sixties Going on Seventies (page 14)
      Allen Ginsberg omming like a death rattle, his voice ravaged by the days of Hindu chants and gas.

OM
Proper noun
  1. (politics) Initialism of Occupy movement
  2. (Commonwealth, UK) Initialism of Order of Merit a dynastic order of the Royal House of Windsor
Noun

om

  1. Initialism of old measurement
  2. (CB radio slang) Initialism of old man term of address for a male
    Synonyms: OB
    • 1967, CQ: the Radio Amateur's Journal (volume 23, issues 7-12, page 140)
      Games for the harmonics, (children), YL's and XYL's and the OM's, plus free soda for all.



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