Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Very easily or smoothly through a wide opening: Describes an action, typically of inserting or placing something, that is done with great ease because the opening or container is large and accommodating.
   • With covetous eyes / greedily: Describes a look or gaze that is filled with intense desire, longing, or envy, often directed at objects on display.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Easily through an opening):
  • Bỏ lạc thom lỏm vào hũ. (Put the peanuts very easily into the jar.)
• Adjective (With covetousness):
  • Mắt thom lỏm ngắm hàng trong tủ kính. (Eyes gazing greedily at the goods in the display cabinet.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is highly descriptive and is typically used in literary or vivid colloquial contexts to paint a clear image of either physical ease or intense desire.

Variants and Related Words

• Thom thóp (adj): This is a different, though similar-sounding word, meaning gasping or breathing weakly, often in fear or when dying. Do not confuse with "thom lỏm".

Synonyms

• Easily: without difficulty.
• Smoothly: in a smooth, uninterrupted manner.
• Covetously: with a strong desire to possess something belonging to someone else.
• Greedily: with an intense and selfish desire.

Related Idioms

• While "thom lỏm" itself is not part of a common fixed idiom, its usage to describe a covetous look is idiomatic in nature, similar to the English phrase "to look with greedy eyes".