nim
1 of 2verb
ˈnim 
nimmed; nimming
transitive verb
archaic : steal, filch
intransitive verb
archaic : thieve
nim
2 of 2noun
: any of various games in which counters are laid out in one or more piles and each player in turn draws one or more counters with the object of taking the last counter, forcing the opponent to take it, or taking the most or fewest counters
Word History
Etymology
Verb
earlier nim to take, from Middle English nimen, from Old English niman
Noun
probably from nim entry 1
First Known Use
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Noun
1901, in the meaning defined above
- surface wave
- surface waves
- surface-active
- surface-active agent
- surface-bent
- surface-colored paper
- surface-effect ship
- surface-ripened
- surface-size
- surface-to-air
- surface-to-air missile
- surface-to-surface missile
- surfaced
- surfaced lumber
- surfacely
- surfaceman
- surfacemen
- surfaceness
- surfacer
- surfacers
- surfaces
- surfacest
- surfacing
- surfacing machine
- surfacings