Gollum

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US/ˈɡɑləm/

noun

A person who bears the traits or has the characteristics of Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.

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Meanings

nounGollum (plural Gollums)

plural Gollums

  1. A person who bears the traits or has the characteristics of Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.
verbGollum (third-person singular simple present Gollums, present participle Golluming, simple past and past participle Gollumed)

present singular third person Gollums · participle present Golluming · participle past Gollumed · past Gollumed

  1. To act like Gollum, the fictional character.
    1 more example

    Mike Biggins Gollumed... "After a few years it still amazes me that there are so many egocentric 'facilitators' trying to pass 'enlightenment' to the uneducated via Apz... but... APZ is MINE, it's MY PRECIOUS!" And it came to pass that he spent his life festering in the cayons and caves of his own poisoned min(es)d!

    2005 April 28, Julian Love God, “X-Roasting”, in alt.zen (Usenet), message-ID <1114704034.462969.53660@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
smeagol

Origin

A fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In the story, he was originally known as Sméagol but was later named Gollum after his habit of making “a horrible swallowing noise in his throat”. The name Sméagol comes from Old English smeagan (“to question, scrutinize”).

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Translations

Bengali গলম
  • গলম (golom)fictional character
Bulgarian Ам-гъл
  • Ам-гъл (Am-găl)fictional character
Catalan Gòl·lum
  • Gòl·lumfictional character
Chinese Mandarin 咕嚕 /咕噜
  • 咕嚕 /咕噜 (gūlu)fictional character
Czech Glum
  • Glumfictional character
Dutch Gollem, Sméagol
  • Gollemfictional character
  • Sméagolfictional character
Finnish Klonkku
  • Klonkkufictional character
German Gollum
  • Gollumfictional character
Hebrew גולום
  • גולוםfictional character
Japanese ゴクリ
  • ゴクリfictional character
Russian Горлум, Голлум
  • Горлум (Gorlum)fictional character
  • Голлумfictional character
Swedish Gollum
  • Gollumfictional character
Thai กอลลัม
  • กอลลัม (gɔn-lâm)fictional character

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Gollum

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Cite this entry
APA

Gollum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gollum

MLA

“Gollum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gollum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gollum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gollum.

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