vim
/vɪm
/noun [mass noun] informal
Energy; enthusiasm: in his youth he was full of vim and vigour...
- I think he just has a bit of a cold, as his eyes are a bit watery, he is definitely lacking energy and vim and he is decidedly grumpy.
- Off they went, full of enthusiasm, vim, and vigor.
- Normally, Mr Key's contribution is full of passion, vim, and vigour, and it has some spark about it.
Origin
Mid 19th century (originally US): perhaps from Latin, accusative of vis 'energy'.
Rhymes
- street breakfast
- streetcar
- street chemist
- street child
- street cleaning
- street clothes
- street cop
- street cred
- street credibility
- street-credible
- street cries
- street crime
- street dealer
- street dealing
- street directory
- street dirt
- street dog
- street door
- magnifying glass
- magnifying power
- magniloquence
- magniloquent
- magniloquently
- Magnitogorsk
- magnitude