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noun
Verb phrase1.
a weak, ineffectual, timid person.
2.
wimp out,
a.
to be or act like a wimp.
b.
to show timidity or cowardice; chicken out.
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Wimp
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example Sentences
- She felt pain, but didn't want to be a wimp by complaining too loudly.
- The president now finds himself accused of being both a warmonger for entering the war and a wimp for his lame prosecution of it.
- If at the last minute you wimp out on serving this fish raw, don't worry.
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World English Dictionary
| wimp (wɪmp) | |
| —n | |
| informal See also wimp out a feeble ineffective person | |
| [C20: of unknown origin] | |
| 'wimpish | |
| —adj | |
| 'wimpy | |
| —adj | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
wimp
1920 (but not attested again until 1960), perhaps a clipped form of whimper (cf whimp, 1549), perhaps influenced by J. Wellington Wimpy, comparatively unaggressive character in "Popeye" comics. Wimpy (adj.) is from 1967.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
WIMP  (wĭmp) Pronunciation Key
Short for weakly interacting massive particle. Any of various hypothetical particles, some predicted by certain theories such as supersymmetry, which interact with other particles by the force of gravity alone. WIMPs are considered by some scientists to be candidates for the dark matter that makes up much of the mass of the universe. |
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Slang Dictionary
wimp definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary
WIMP definition
operating systemWindows, Icons, Menus and Pointers (or maybe Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pull-down menus).
The style of graphical user interface invented at Xerox PARC, popularised by the Apple Macintosh and now available in other varieties such as the X Window System, OSF/Motif, NeWS, RISC OS and Microsoft Windows.
See menuitis, user-obsequious, window system.
(2007-09-12)
American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
WIMP
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The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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