Associations to the word «Wimp»

Wiktionary

WIMP, noun. (pejorative) (slang) someone who lacks confidence, is weak, irresolute and wishy-washy
WIMP, noun. Alternative spelling of WIMP
WIMP, verb. (intransitive) To behave submissively, inde.
WIMP, verb. (transitive) To render wimpy.
WIMP, noun. (astronomy) (physics) Acronym of weakly interacting massive particle.
WIMP, noun. (computing) Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointing device. (a GUI paradigm)
WIMP OUT, verb. To behave like a wimp.

Dictionary definition

WIMP, noun. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
WIMP, noun. A hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats