Jim

[ jim ]

noun
  1. a male given name, form of James.

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Other definitions for jīm (2 of 2)

jīm
[ jeem ]

noun
  1. the fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet.

Origin of jīm

2
From Arabic

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How to use Jim in a sentence

  • "So that is Jim Poindexter, the bloody villain," muttered the boy between his set teeth, and nervously fingering his revolver.

  • She has about as much intention of eloping with him as a little girl might have of eloping with a pasteboard Jim Crow.

    Confidence | Henry James
  • If you were to have a frank explanation with her, Blanche would very soon throw Jim Crow out of the window.

    Confidence | Henry James
  • He wrote the fine poem of “Little Jim,” which everyone knew, and which almost every boy and girl could recite.

  • There's a little one inside—so narrow and twisted, Jim, that even I can hardly walk straight up it but have to go sidewise.

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond