Associations to the word «Nims»

Wiktionary

NIM, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To take (in all senses); to seize.
NIM, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To take one's way; to go.
NIM, verb. (archaic) (slang) (transitive) To filch, steal.
NIM, verb. (intransitive) (UK dialectal) To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.
NIM, noun. A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.

Dictionary definition

NIM, 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.

Wise words

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