GIMPS

Proper noun

GIMPS

Initialism of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search: a collaborative project using home computers to find large prime numbers.

Anagrams

• pIgMs

Noun

gimps

plural of gimp

Verb

gimps

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gimp

Anagrams

• pIgMs

Noun

GIMPs

plural of GIMP

Anagrams

• pIgMs

Source: Wiktionary


GIMP

Gimp, a. Etym: [W. gwymp fair, neat, comely.]

Definition: Smart; spruce; trim; nice. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Gimp, n. Etym: [OF. guimpe, guimple, a nun's wimple, F. guimpe, OHG. wimpal a veil G. wimpel pennon, pendant. See Wimple, n.]

Definition: A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it;

– used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc. Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.

Gimp, v. t.

Definition: To notch; to indent; to jag.

GIMP

Gimp, a. Etym: [W. gwymp fair, neat, comely.]

Definition: Smart; spruce; trim; nice. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Gimp, n. Etym: [OF. guimpe, guimple, a nun's wimple, F. guimpe, OHG. wimpal a veil G. wimpel pennon, pendant. See Wimple, n.]

Definition: A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it;

– used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc. Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.

Gimp, v. t.

Definition: To notch; to indent; to jag.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

25 March 2025

IMMOBILIZATION

(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

coffee icon