degomble

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verb

To remove accreted snow before entering a building.

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Meanings

verbdegomble (third-person singular simple present degombles, present participle degombling, simple past and past participle degombled)

present singular third person degombles · participle present degombling · participle past degombled · past degombled

  1. AntarcticaTo remove accreted snow before entering a building.

    Macleod grinned. "What's wrong? Do you have your monk-on or something? Did you forget to degomble? A little too much big eye? Tired? Need to find your donga?"

    2008, hafital, “Sastrugi”, in Highlander Fiction Automated Archive
    2 more examples

    Dr. Orlav's mustache was frozen stiff with icicles hanging from the tips. The scientist yelled above the wind, "Be sure to de-gomble before we get in the Hagglund!"

    2010, Carole Marsh, The Mystery in Icy Antarctica

    A sign was posted in English, Chinese, German, and French: All Personnel must DEGOMBLE before entering dome. Ben translated. “They want us to brush off the powdered snow.”

    2015, Steve Alten, Vostok

Origin

From de- + gomble (“accretion of snow”).

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APA

degomble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degomble

MLA

“degomble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degomble. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “degomble,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degomble.

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