quim
/kwɪm/
quim noun: the female genitalia; the vulva.
Noun
quim (plural quims)
- The female genitalia; the vulva.
- For one day, when amusing herself with this whim
The carrot it snapped, and part stuck in her quim.1879, anonymous author, “The Wanton Lass”, in The Pearl, number 1 - Ho! What do I here behold? Were you brushing the cobwebs off a few quims?1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 18: Penelope]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 938
- For one day, when amusing herself with this whim
- An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person.
- (to Black Widow) In every way, [Clint Barton] knows your fear! And then he'll wake…to see his good work…When he screams, I'll split his skull! This is my bargain, you mewling quim!2012, Joss Whedon, The Avengers, spoken by Loki (Tom Hiddleston)
- Synonyms:
- cunt
Adjective
quim (comparative more quim, superlative most quim)
- Affectedly nice, prim.
- Moving with ease and precision.
Examples of quim in a sentence
- As for whores—they are sometimes daughters of fine homes peddling their quim and quiff for a thumbnail of cocaine or a tot of rot-gut whiskey.1970, Stephen Longstreet, Nell Kimball: Her Life as an American Madam, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 145:
- More cling, golden clear, to the glossy hairs of her quim.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 2: Une Perm au Casino Hermann Goering, page...
Synonyms of quim
Forms of quim
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | quims |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more quim |
| superlative | most quim |
Origin of quim
Uncertain; perhaps an alteration of queme. The English Dialect Dictionary has a citation of "quim and cosh" from 1723 which it glosses as "intimate and familiar". Compare also quaint, cunt. Derivation from Welsh cwm (“hollow”) is sometimes suggested, but the OED notes that this is "unlikely on both semantic and phonological grounds".
Borrowed from Scots queem. Compare English queem.
Words that rhyme with quim
Questions about quim
- What does quim mean?
- Quim means the female genitalia; the vulva.
- How do you use quim in a sentence?
- As for whores—they are sometimes daughters of fine homes peddling their quim and quiff for a thumbnail of cocaine or a tot of rot-gut whiskey.
- What part of speech is quim?
- Quim can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce quim?
- Quim is pronounced /kwɪm/.
- What is the plural of quim?
- The plural of quim is quims.
Words near quim in the dictionary
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