nim
Plural: nims
Noun
- game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table
- A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.
- Alternative form of neem (“Indian tree”).
Verb
Verb Forms: nam, nimmed, nimming, nims
- To steal, snatch, or take surreptitiously.
- To take or seize.
- To filch, steal, pilfer.
- To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.
Examples
- He tried to nim a few extra points by playing a questionable word, but it was challenged.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian nieme (“to take”), West Frisian nimme (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), Low German nehmen (“to take”), German nehmen (“to take”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”). Related to numb and nimble.
Scrabble Score: 5
nim: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordnim: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nim: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary