to cream
- verb
- /krim/
- Informal
- Five bucks says he creams him.
- get creamed
- going to cream
- cream the guy
But his reputation is being creamed by by all this.
- But his reputation is being creamed by by all this.
- And because I saw the Israeli Air Force just cream the Arab or the Egyptian Air Force.
- You hear Rupert texting Suzanne Scott saying we're getting creamed by CNN.
- I mean, that was tantamount to just getting creamed.
- And then we should see Logan Paul get creamed by Mark Zuckerberg and it'll sell a lot more prime either way.
Examples
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Well, he sure creamed 'em all in the end.
Fiction book (1992) -
We got creamed in Grade Nine, real bad.
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We're gonna cream These ladies.
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I'm going to cream you guys.
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Whatever happens to South Vietnam, we are going to cream North Vietnam.
Academic text (2005) -
"Dolly and I are going to cream you," my father said.
Fiction book (1994) -
The two of them, she thinks, are going to get creamed.
Fiction book (1994) -
We're gonna get creamed.
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We're creaming these mutts.
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The champion creamed his opponent in the final match, finishing with a score of 5-0.
Synonyms
To defeat someone completely in a game or fight
To beat someone easily by a large amount
To defeat someone completely in a game or contest
To beat someone completely in a game or fight
Beat someone completely in a game or contest
To defeat an opponent completely and easily
To beat someone badly in a game or fight
To beat someone very easily and completely in a game or contest
To beat someone badly in a game
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A thick white food made from milk with a slightly sour taste used as a topping or in cooking
- US
A cold sweet drink with milk, chocolate syrup, and soda water, without egg or cream
A cold sweet dessert made from milk and strawberries, often with small fruit pieces
A thick smooth soup that people make from mushrooms and milk or cream and use in casseroles
A thick, rich dairy spread made by heating milk and letting the cream rise and thicken on top
Ice cream with three or more side-by-side layers of different flavors like vanilla, chocolate and strawberry
A dairy product with medium fat that you can beat until light and fluffy and is lighter than heavy cream
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember the verb cream meaning 'defeat completely' is to imagine crushing an opponent until nothing is left but cream; so to cream someone is to beat them very badly.