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nims

nims is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nim.

Meaning of nim

Verb

nim (third-person singular simple present nims, present participle nimming, simple past nam or nimmed, past participle num or nimmed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To take or seize.
    • Ich cham a Cornysche man, al[e] che can brew; […] Nym me a quart of ale, that iche may it of sup.1547 (original; printed 1870), Andrew Boorde, The First Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge, page 122
  2. (archaic, slang, transitive) To filch, steal, pilfer.
    • They'll question Mars, and, by his look,
      Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak;1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1
  3. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.
    • The old lady does nim along.1856, Thompson, Hist. Boston, page 716, quoted in 1903, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: M-Q, page 273

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Proper noun capitalized: NIMS

NIMS

  1. (US, abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of National Incident Management System.

Questions about nims

What is nims the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Nims is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nim.
What part of speech is nims?
Nims is a proper noun.

Words near nims in the dictionary

  1. Nimrodic
  2. Nimrodical
  3. nimrods
  4. Nimrud
  5. Nimruz
  6. nims
  7. nimshi
  8. nimshies
  9. nimshis
  10. nimshy
  11. nimtree

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