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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wimp•y (wim′pē),USA pronunciation adj., wimp•i•er, wimp•i•est. - of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wimp.
Also, wimp′ish. wimp′i•ness, n. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wimp /wɪmp/USA pronunciation n. [countable][Informal.]- Informal Termsa weak or timid person.
v. - Informal Terms wimp out, [no object] to act like a wimp:Don't wimp out on us when we need you!
wimp•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wimp (wimp),USA pronunciation [Informal.]n. - Informal Termsa weak, ineffectual, timid person.
v. - Informal Termswimp out,
- to be or act like a wimp.
- to show timidity or cowardice;
chicken out.
- 1915–20, American.; origin, originally uncertain; compare whimper
WIMP (wimp),USA pronunciation n. - Physicsany 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.
- west, western(eakly) I(nteracting) M(assive) P(article) 1985–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wimp /wɪmp/ n - informal a feeble ineffective person
Etymology: 20th Century: of unknown originˈwimpish, ˈwimpy adj |