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jim

/d͡ʒɪm/

jim verb: to jimmy (something); to mess up or mess with (something). Also the alternative form of jeem.

Verb

jim (third-person singular simple present jims, present participle jimming, simple past and past participle jimmed)

  1. (informal) To jimmy (something); to mess up or mess with (something).

Noun

jim (plural jims)

  1. (Australia, colloquial) A one-pound banknote.
    • He was tearin' ratty t' raise another jim.1906, Edward Dyson, Fact'ry 'Ands

Proper noun capitalized: Jim

Jim (plural Jims)

  1. A diminutive of the male given name James.
    • Returning many key players from the 2022 season, Michigan was a championship favorite — despite starting with Jim Harbaugh being suspended for a different kind of three.2024 January 3, Jayna Bardahl, “Everything you need to know about the Michigan Wolverines”, in The Athletic, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2026
    • Instead, they found the building locked and doors blocked by a plainclothes administrator named Jim Hairfield, who works in the agency’s security and facilities office, according to the education department website.2025 February 7, Alex Baumhardt, “Oregon Rep. Bonamici among electeds inexplicably locked out of U.S. Education Department”, in Oregon Capital Chronicle, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2025
    Synonyms:
    Jimmie, Jimmy

Also used as

jim is also the alternative form of jeem.

jim is also the alternative form of gym.

jim meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Punjabi

jim in Hindi

जिम, जीम

jim in Urdu

جم کرنا

jim in Malayalam

ജിമ്മിന്

jim in Punjabi

ਜਿੰਮ, ਜਿਮ, ਜੀਮ
More languagesFewer languages
jim in Gujarati
જિમને
jim in Odia
ଜିମ୍ଙ୍କୁ

Synonyms of jim

Forms of jim

Verb
third-person singular presentjims
present participlejimming
past participlejimmed
pastjimmed
Noun
pluraljims
Proper noun
pluralJims

Origin of jim

Clipping of jimmy.

Clipping of Jimmy O'Goblin, rhyming slang for sovereign.

Words formed from jim

Phrases with jim

7 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with jim

35 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about jim

What does jim mean?
Jim means to jimmy (something); to mess up or mess with (something).
What is jim in Hindi?
Jim in Hindi is जिम, जीम. See Jim meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is jim?
Jim can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jim?
Jim is pronounced /d͡ʒɪm/.
What is the past tense of jim?
The past tense of jim is jimmed.

Words near jim in the dictionary

  1. jiltings
  2. jiltish
  3. jilts
  4. Jily
  5. Jilț
  6. jim
  7. Jim Bob
  8. Jim Crow
  9. Jim Crow law
  10. Jim Crow laws
  11. Jim Crowed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jim (page history and authors); Jim (page history and authors); jim (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jim (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jim (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jim (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jim (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jim (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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