[nim] 
| to steal or pilfer. |
[nim] | a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it. |
| nim 1 (nĭm) tr. & intr.v. nimmed, nim·ming, nims Archaic To steal; pilfer. [Middle English nimen, to take, from Old English niman; see nem- in Indo-European roots.] |
| nim 2 (nĭm) n. A game in which players in turn remove small objects from a collection, such as matchsticks arranged in rows, and attempt to take, or avoid taking, the last one. [Perhaps from German nimm, second person sing. imperative of nehmen, to take, from Middle High German nemen, from Old High German neman; see nem- in Indo-European roots.] |
