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wimps

wimps is the plural of wimp.

Meaning of wimp

Noun

wimp (plural wimps)

  1. (derogatory, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.
    • (see title)1980 March 15, “MUSH FROM THE WIMP”, in The Boston Globe

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Noun capitalized: WIMPs

WIMPs

  1. (plural) plural of WIMP

Phrases with wimps

Questions about wimps

What is wimps the plural of?
Wimps is the plural of wimp.
What part of speech is wimps?
Wimps is a noun.

Words near wimps in the dictionary

  1. wimplike
  2. wimpling
  3. wimplings
  4. wimpoid
  5. wimpoids
  6. wimps
  7. wimps out
  8. wimpy
  9. wimpzilla
  10. wimpzillas
  11. WIMs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wimps (page history and authors); WIMPs (page history and authors); wimp (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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