prom1
/prɒm
/noun informal
1British short for promenade (sense 1 of the noun). she took a short cut along the prom...
- Last time I was there the tide was in, so the best we could do was walk along the prom, making clucking noises at the jet-skiers disrupting the peace.
- So, today, as I walked along the prom, I resolved to buy Ulysses.
- We walked along the prom to the part of the beach where Edward was allowed to run about on the sands.
2 (also Prom) British short for promenade concert. the last night of the Proms...
- His career highlights include a concerto appearance at the RTE proms and his debut CD of works by Schumann and Schubert.
- If I'd remembered, I'd have tuned into the first night of the proms instead.
- Is it just me, or did I see the entire population of Henman Hill at the last night of the proms?
3chiefly North American A formal dance, especially one held by a class in high school or college at the end of a year: he asked me to the school prom but I turned him down [as modifier]: a prom queen...
- The prom is a formal dance, usually sponsored by a high school or a college.
- They burst in and thought it was a high school prom party.
- Yes, they had danced before at their proms, but he had done nothing like this.
Rhymes
PROM2
/präm
/noun Computing
A memory chip that can be programmed only once by the manufacturer or user.
Origin
From p(rogrammable) r(ead-)o(nly) m(emory).
- make a pig of oneself
- make a pig's ear of
- make a pitch
- make a plan
- make a play for
- make a point of
- make a present of
- make a production of
- make a (quick) quid
- make a rod for one's own back
- (make a) run for it
- make a spectacle of oneself
- make a splash
- make a virtue of
- make away with
- make a —— fist of
- makebate
- make-bate
- make-before-break
- make-belief
- make-believe
- make book
- make (both) ends meet
- make-break
- make capital out of