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Definition of "nim" []

  • Archaic To steal; pilfer. (verb-transitive)
  • A game in which players in turn remove small objects from a collection, such as matchsticks arranged in rows, and attempt to take, or avoid taking, the last one. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "nim" in a sentence
  • "Pojdzmy za nim is admittedly a sketch, but it is a story of deep and moving sensibility."
  • "That's because though the vocabulary of Volapük is based on English, the words are truncated and weird-looking --- as in 'nim', derived from animal, or 'fat' derived from father."
  • "Pojdzmy za nim is written with noble piety; it is a modest flower growing at the foot of the cross and enclosing in its blossom a drop of the blood of the Saviour."