plural gimmes
1
: a short putt in golf conceded to an opponent in casual or match play
2
: something easily achieved or won especially in a contest
Examples of gimme in a Sentence
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These last four are no gimmes — with the NFL’s schedule-makers only adding an extra degree of difficulty with the dates and locations of these final games.
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Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2024
In all the combinations and permutations that would decide the Lakers’ play-in future, Friday night in Memphis was the gimme.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
The battle might've seemed like a gimme for Mraz, given the singer's generally stronger showings, but Williams' showmanship earned him the victory.
—EW.com, 15 Nov. 2023
On the merits from the U.S. perspective, these should be economic-policy gimmes, but some countries will be more skeptical than others, and hammering out agreements always takes time as both sides work through the details.
—Dominic Pino, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024
Advertisement The Clippers were handed as close to a gimme as the NBA can offer due to the absence of Nikola Jokic (lower back), Jamal Murray (hamstring), and Aaron Gordon (right heel strain), core members of the defending NBA champions’ lineup.
—Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
Advertisement Here comes the gantlet (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
The gimmes are over.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
Walker: This is the last gimme on the Ravens’ schedule against an opponent that could be in quasi-tank mode by this point.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2023
For the second year in a row, there’s no Power Five nonconference opponent, just two relative nobodies plus a FCS gimme in North Carolina Central.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2024
In all the combinations and permutations that would decide the Lakers’ play-in future, Friday night in Memphis was the gimme.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
The battle might've seemed like a gimme for Mraz, given the singer's generally stronger showings, but Williams' showmanship earned him the victory.
—EW.com, 15 Nov. 2023
On the merits from the U.S. perspective, these should be economic-policy gimmes, but some countries will be more skeptical than others, and hammering out agreements always takes time as both sides work through the details.
—Dominic Pino, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024
Advertisement The Clippers were handed as close to a gimme as the NBA can offer due to the absence of Nikola Jokic (lower back), Jamal Murray (hamstring), and Aaron Gordon (right heel strain), core members of the defending NBA champions’ lineup.
—Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
Advertisement Here comes the gantlet (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
The gimmes are over.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
Walker: This is the last gimme on the Ravens’ schedule against an opponent that could be in quasi-tank mode by this point.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2023
For the second year in a row, there’s no Power Five nonconference opponent, just two relative nobodies plus a FCS gimme in North Carolina Central.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
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“Gimme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gimme. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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