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wimp
1[ wimp ]
noun
- a weak, ineffectual, timid person.
verb phrase
- Informal.
- to be or act like a wimp.
- to show timidity or cowardice; chicken out.
WIMP
2[ wimp ]
noun
- any of a group of weakly interacting elementary particles predicted by various unified field theories, as the W particle and Z-zero particle, that are characterized by relatively large masses.
wimp
1/ wɪmp /
WIMP
2/ wɪmp /
acronym for
- windows, icons, menus ( or mice), pointers: denoting a type of user-friendly screen display used on small computers
a WIMP system
- physics weakly interacting massive particle
WIMP
/ wĭmp /
- 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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Derived Forms
- ˈwimpish, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Was he so determined not to look like an angry black man that he ended up looking ... kind of like a wimp?
All of us here at NewsBeast knew the word “wimp” would carry a charge and get people to pay attention.
Just by definition, you'd think, any American who plunges into what Teddy Roosevelt called "the arena," is no wimp.
On the cover of Newsweek, my colleague Michael Tomasky calls Mitt Romney a wimp.
The chapter titles say a lot: “Even More of a Wimp than Jimmy Carter,” “Not a Great Listener.”
Grodman saw it, and watched her, and fooled Wimp to the top of his bent.
George Grodman read this letter with annoyance, and crumpling up the paper, murmured scornfully, "Edward Wimp!"
In his letter to Grodman, Wimp said that he thought it might be nicer for him to keep Christmas in company than in solitary state.
As to the alibi, he had not yet troubled her; but to take its existence for granted would upset and discomfort Wimp.
For Wimp, alone, the painted face had fuller, more tragical meanings.
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