come
6
9.9
- noun
- /kʌm/
- Offensive
- Additional rebates from $10 to $50 are offered on a first-come, first-served basis by the county.
Examples
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Interrupted space is available to any customer on a first-come, first-served basis.
Academic text (1990) -
The state-funded grant will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Academic text (2017) -
In the clinics, patients are seen on a first-come, first-served basis.
Academic text (2009) -
He didn't want to get any come on his clothes during the encounter.
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After the party, there was some come on the sheets that needed to be cleaned.
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She found some come on the floor after her partner left.
Synonyms
101
5.4
Thick whitish fluid from a man's body that contains sperm and comes out during sex
47
9.9
A thick white fluid that a man releases during sex and that contains sperm
20
9.9
The whitish liquid from a male animal that can help an egg start to grow
4
6.8
A man's thick white fluid that comes out during orgasm and contains sperm
3
8.7
Thick white fluid that comes from a man's penis and contains sperm
A rude slang word for the fluid a man releases during sex
Idioms
- Informal
17
4.3
To be a normal and unavoidable part of a job or situation
- Informal
5
5.9
Reach a point where the result is not decided until the last moment
- Informal
3
4.9
Things that rise will later fall, for example prices or fortunes
- Informal
1
4.4
Start thinking and acting in a sensible way again after being foolish or upset
- Informal
1
9.9
To tell other people that you practice witchcraft or Pagan beliefs after keeping it secret
- Informal
A warning that bad behavior on a work trip can lead to punishment at work when you return
- Informal
To become more confident and willing to talk to other people
Compounds
- Informal
2
8.9
A time when someone faces a hard truth and decides to change what they do
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the noun come meaning 'semen' is to see it as 'what comes' at that moment; the noun was named from the verb come because it is what is produced or emitted then.