rim /ɹɪm/noun 7verb 5forms 3phrases 1 noun7 •An edge around something, especially when circular.That's... our galaxy. We're beyond the rim. — 2007 •A wheelrim.About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot. — 2010 •The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc. •A semicircular copydesk.COPY READER — Journeyman, experienced makeup, now slot man on metropolitan midwest daily. Will travel for good rim job on large paper. — 1953 •(dialect, UK) A membrane. •(dialect, UK) A step of a ladder; a rung. •(dialect, no longer used) The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood. — 1599 verb5 •To form a rim on. •To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.Palm trees rim the beach.A walking path rims the island. •To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder. •To roll around a rim.The golf ball rimmed the cup.The basketball rimmed in ... and out. •(slang, vulgar) To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.I had learned to lick their sweaty balls and would know what they wanted if they pulled their pants down and pushed my face in their ass for a rimming out. — 1987 formsrimmed · rimming · rims Phrases with rim rim outTo miss a basket by bouncing the ball off of around the rim.
