im
im is the initialism of intramuscular.
im is the misspelling of I'm.
Meaning of intramuscular
Adjective
intramuscular (not comparable)
- Inside a muscle or the muscles.
Noun (1) capitalized: IM
IM (countable and uncountable, plural IMs)
- Initialism of information management.
- Initialism of instant message.
- Have them meet you on your favorite messenger program. IMs provide a means of instant chat without waiting on someone to respond back to you.2010, Tim Collins, A Woman's Guide to Internet Dating, A Male Perspective, page 49
- Initialism of instant messaging.
- The husband-hunt had been a failure. Carlo had taken at least a dozen potential Misters Right on test runs of longer or shorter duration—perhaps a few lines of IM, perhaps a couple of promising dates, or sexual calisthenics.2005 December 7, Scott & Scott [pseudonym; Scott Pomfret; Scott Whittier], chapter 8, in Nothing Personal (Romentics: A Novel Approach to Gay Romance), [North Charleston, S.C.]: BookSurge, →ISBN...
- Another threat to the use of IM is a phenomenon known as spimming. Spimming is to IM as spam is to e-mail. Some aggressive spimmers learned how to take over one IMer's contact list — threatening a company's entire IM system!2007, Bill Daley, Computers Are Your Future, page 70
- Initialism of instance manipulation.
- Initialism of inner marker.
- Initialism of individual medley.
- "When I first joined ACAC (Ames Cyclones Aquatics Club), we were swimming together in a lane and I ended up going behind her," Hala said. "We were doing IM (individual medley) in warm-up and I was on her feet and I was like I'm an IMer, can I go ahead of you? She told me no."2021 August 11, Joe Randleman, “Magnificent Meghan: Donald ready to defend state swimming titles for Ames High”, in Ames Tribune
- Initialism of information memorandum.
- Initialism of innovation management.
- Initialism of idea management.
- Initialism of International Master.
Verb capitalized: IM
IM (third-person singular simple present IMs, present participle IMing, simple past and past participle IMed)
- Initialism of instant message (verb).
- IM me when you get home.
- You won't pick up, you won't IM, you won't return my six (seven?) phone calls. So I'm resorting to email for this. First of all, don't get mad at Julie. She did the right thing. But, sweetie, why are you hiding this from the people who love you?2004, Rocki St. Claire, Hit Reply, New York, NY: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 160
Adjective capitalized: IM
IM
- Initialism of intramuscular.
- Initialism of intramedullary.
Noun (2) capitalized: Im
Im (plural Ims)
- irregular galaxy with no coherent structure
Proper noun capitalized: Im
Im
- A surname from Korean.
Forms of im
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | IMs |
| plural | Ims |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | IMs |
| present participle | IMing |
| past participle | IMed |
| past | IMed |
Origin of im
Borrowed from Korean 임(林) (Im) or Korean 임(任) (Im).
Phrases with im
Questions about im
- What does im mean?
- Im means irregular galaxy with no coherent structure.
- What is im the initialism of?
- Im is the initialism of intramuscular.
- What part of speech is im?
- Im can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of im?
- The plural of im is IMs.
Words near im in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: im (page history and authors); IM (page history and authors); Im (page history and authors); intramuscular (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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