nim

¹

[ nim ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Archaic.

, nimmed, nim·ming.

1. to steal or pilfer.

nim

²

[ nim ]

noun

1. a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.

nim

/ nɪm /

noun

1. a game in which two players alternately remove one or more small items, such as matchsticks, from one of several rows or piles, the object being to take (or avoid taking) the last item remaining on the table

Word History and Origins

Origin of nim¹

before 900; Middle English nimen, Old English niman, cognate with German nehmen, Old Norse nema, Gothic niman to take; numb

Origin of nim²

First recorded in 1900–05; special use of nim ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of nim¹

C20: perhaps from archaic nim to take, from Old English niman

Example Sentences

When she got him, she just decided she was going to have fun with Nim.

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There, Nim lived out the rest of his days, dying in 2000 at age 26 from a heart attack.

From The Daily Beast

There, Nim met Bob Ingersoll, a high-spirited University of Oklahoma student who worked at the facility.

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Project Nim, in theaters Friday, chronicles a bizarre 1970s project that sought to teach chimpanzees language.

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A campaign was then spearheaded by Ingersoll to save Nim, and after dozens of letters, his voice was heard.

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Take of fresh nim leaves a sufficiency; bruise and moisten with tepid water.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus, the verb to carry is nim bemn, I carry; nim bemn-ego, I am carried.

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Thus neen, is sometimes rendered ne, or nin, and sometimes nim.

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Nim, call that boy to mind the oxen while you come in, or I've a notion they'll be makin' free with Miss's flowers here.'

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The system is highly modular and is built into NIM bins with modified back connectors.

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