reem

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiːm/, /ɹɪˈɛm/

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• Rhymes: -iːm

From Biblical Hebrew רְאֵם‎ (r'em).

reem (plural reems)

1. A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn).

Compare ream (“to make a hole in”).

reem (third-person singular simple present reems, present participle reeming, simple past and past participle reemed)

1. (transitive, nautical) To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.

Of unclear origins, popularised by Joey Essex. Possibly derived from cream or ream.[1]

reem (comparative reemer or more reem, superlative reemest or most reem)

1. (Britain, chiefly Essex, slang) cool, excellent; desirable; sexy.
   • 2011 June 13, Julie McCaffrey, "Forget a suntan, fake it, safely bake or soothe it", The Mirror:

     The cast of The Only Way Is Essex have tried every fake tan in the universe and insist this is best before a reem night out.

   • 2012, Becci Fox, Confessions of an Essex Girl: A Smart, Sexy and Scandalously Funny Expose, Pan Macmillan ISBN 9781447213024

     Imagine a totally reem Hogwarts where Harry Potter looks like he should be in a Wham! video while Hermione's always on her pink BlackBerry and trying to catch Ron's attention by rolling up her skirt higher and higher.

   • 2014, Joey Essex, Being Reem, Hachette UK ISBN 9781444794342

     Room service: The reemest way to get food! […] The party royal is the most reem though because he goes to Vegas.

• -mere, Emer., Mere, REME, erme, meer, mere

reem

1. Alternative form of reme (“ream”)