10 definitions by zeekage

gyre

1. To go round and round like a gyroscope

1. She's going to gyre in the ballet.

by zeekage October 26, 2003

wabe

1. a grass plot round a sundial
2. goes a long way before it, and a long way behind it

1. "...and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe..." (Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There")
2. She put the sundial in the wabe.

by zeekage October 26, 2003

galumphing

1. To move or run clumsily or heavily.

1. "He went galumphing back." (Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There")
2. The little kid went galumphing to his mother to show her something.

by zeekage October 26, 2003

borogoves

1. a thin, shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round
2. something like a live mop

1. "All mimsy were the borogoves..." (Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There")
2. She has a borogove in a cage at home.

by zeekage October 26, 2003

mome

1. short for 'from home'
2. losing your way

1. "...and the mome raths outgrabe." (Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There")
2. The mome children found their way home.

by zeekage October 26, 2003

gimble

1. to make holes like a gimlet

1. He's going to gimble the wood.

by zeekage October 26, 2003

rath

1. a sort of a green pig

1. "...and the mome raths outgrabe." (Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There")
2.The farmer has a flock of raths.

by zeekage October 26, 2003