yarm

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/jɑː(ɹ)m//ˈjɑː(ɹ)m/

verb

To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.

OriginMiddle English ȝarmen ← Old English ġyrman ← Proto-West Germanic *jarmijan →
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Meanings

yarm1

verbyarm (third-person singular simple present yarms, present participle yarming, simple past and past participle yarmed)

present singular third person yarms · participle present yarming · participle past yarmed · past yarmed

  1. UKdialectalTo cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.
  2. UKdialectalTo scold; grumble.

yarm2

nounyarm (plural yarms)

plural yarms

  1. UKdialectalAn outcry; noise.

Yarm3

proper noun
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4112).

Origin

yarm · verb

  1. Proto-Germanic*jarmijaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*jarmijan
  3. Old Englishġyrman
  4. Middle Englishȝarmen
  5. Englishyarm

From Middle English ȝarmen, ȝermen, from Old English ġyrman, ġierman (“to cry, mourn, cry out, roar, lament”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *jarmijan, from Proto-Germanic *jarmijaną, *jarmōną (“to bellow, bleat”). Cognate with Scots yirm (“to whine, wail”), dialectal Danish jærme (“to lament, shriek”), dialectal Norwegian jerme (“to bleat”), dialectal Swedish jarma (“to lament, shriek”), Icelandic jarma (“to whine, complain, bleat”). Compare Albanian jerm (“to rave, be delirious”). Compare English yammer.

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yarm · noun

  1. Middle Englishȝarm
  2. Englishyarm

From Middle English ȝarm, from ȝarmen.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with yarm

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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