wimp

[ wimp ]
/ wɪmp /
Informal.
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noun

a weak, ineffectual, timid person.

Verb Phrases

wimp out,
  1. to be or act like a wimp.
  2. to show timidity or cowardice; chicken out.

Origin of wimp

1915–20, Americanism; origin uncertain; cf. whimper

Words nearby wimp

wiltshire horn, wily, wimble, wimbledon, wimmin, wimp, wimp out, wimple, wimpy, wimshurst machine, win

Words related to wimp out

balk, renege, backtrack, cancel, concede, admit, withdraw, abandon, surrender, retreat, accede, acquiesce, demur, recant, recoil, resign, submit, yield, avoid, scratch

British Dictionary definitions for wimp out (1 of 3)

wimp out

verb

(intr, adverb) informal to fail to do or complete something through fear or lack of conviction

British Dictionary definitions for wimp out (2 of 3)

wimp
/ (wɪmp) /

noun

informal a feeble ineffective person See also wimp out

Derived forms of wimp

wimpish or wimpy, adjective

Word Origin for wimp

C20: of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for wimp out (3 of 3)

WIMP
/ (wɪmp) /

acronym for

windows, icons, menus (or mice), pointers: denoting a type of user-friendly screen display used on small computers a WIMP system
physics weakly interacting massive particle

Scientific definitions for wimp out

WIMP
[ wĭmp ]

Short for weakly interacting massive particle. Any of various hypothetical particles, some predicted by certain theories such as supersymmetry, which interact with other particles by the force of gravity alone. WIMPs are considered by some scientists to be candidates for the dark matter that makes up much of the mass of the universe.