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slim⋅mer

  [slim-er]
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–noun British.
a person who is trying to lose weight, esp. by dieting.
Origin:
slim + -er 1
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slim

  [slim] adjective, slim⋅mer, slim⋅mest, verb, slimmed, slim⋅ming, noun
–adjective
1. slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
2. poor or inferior: a slim chance; a slim excuse.
3. small or inconsiderable; meager; scanty: a slim income.
4. sized for the thinner than average person.
–verb (used with object)
5. to make slim.
–verb (used without object)
6. to become slim.
7. Chiefly British. to try to become more slender, esp. by dieting.
–noun
8. a garment size meant for a thin person.
—Verb phrase
9. slim down,
a. to lose weight, esp. intentionally.
b. (of a business) to reduce operating expenses; economize.
Origin:
1650–60; < D slim sly, (earlier) crooked (c. G schlimm bad, (earlier) crooked)

Related forms:
slimly, adverb
slimness, noun

Synonyms:
1. thin. See slender. 3. insignificant, trifling, trivial, paltry.

Antonyms:
1. fat. 3. considerable; abundant.
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slim   (slĭm)   
adj.   slim·mer, slim·mest

  1. Small in girth or thickness in proportion to height or length; slender.

  2. Small in quantity or amount; meager: slim chances of success.

intr. & tr.v.   slimmed, slim·ming, slims

  1. To become or make slim.

  2. To lose or cause to lose weight, as by dieting or exercise.


[Dutch, bad, sly, from Middle Dutch slimp, slim, bad, crooked.]
slim'ly adv., slim'mer n., slim'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
slim

  1. n.
    a tobacco cigarette. (The same as straight, as opposed to a marijuana cigarette, which may be thicker.) : I'll take a slim and a little mist, thanks.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

slim 
1657, "thin, slight, slender," from Du. slim "bad, sly, clever," from M.Du. slim "bad, crooked," from P.Gmc. *slembaz "oblique, crooked" (cf. M.H.G. slimp "slanting, awry," Ger. schlimm "bad"). The verb meaning "to try to reduce one's weight" is recorded from 1930. Slimming "producing an appearance of thinness" is from 1925. Slimnastics first recorded 1967. Slim Jim attested from 1889 in sense of "very thin person."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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