Gollum

Meanings

Noun

• A person who bears the traits or has the characteristics of Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.

Verb

• To act like Gollum, the fictional character.

Origin

• A fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In the story, he was originally known as Sméagol and later named Gollum after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing noise in his throat".
• The name, Sméagol, comes from Old English smeagan ("to burrow").