noun

• (countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
  "Meronyms: broomstick (handle), bavin (head)"
• (countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
• (slang, rare) A firearm; especially, a shotgun.
  "So keep talking all that fly shit, and I’ma grab the tool And the lead will get stuck in your head like a catchy tune Soon as I look down on a target, bitch, your ass is doomed Trust exercise with Ahdi, arms out to catch a boom You see this sweeper I got, it ain’t your average broom This ring will wet this bitch like a happy groom"

verb

• (transitive, intransitive) To sweep with a broom.
  "[…] Sidi, I was busy in the exercise of my functions, occupied in brooming the front of the stables, when who should come but Hhamed Ould Denéï on horseback, at full gallop, as if he were going to break his neck. […]"
• (roofing) To improve the embedding of a membrane by using a broom or squeegee to smooth it out and ensure contact with the adhesive under the membrane.
• (figurative) To get rid of someone, like firing an employee or breaking up with a girlfriend, to sweep another out of one's life.
  "April 2002 Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn, speaking to his son Harry, in the film "Spider-Man" A word to the "not-so-wise" about your girlfriend. Do what you need to with her, then broom her fast."

verb

• (nautical) Alternative form of bream (“to clean a ship's bottom”).