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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nim (third-person singular simple present nims, present participle nimming, simple past nam or nom or nimmed, past participle nom or nomen or num or nimmed)
(obsolete, transitive) To take or seize.
(obsolete, slang, transitive) To filch, steal.
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.
nim (uncountable)
A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.
• INM, MIN, Min, NMI, min, min.
Source: Wiktionary
Nim, v. t. [imp. Nam or Nimmed (; p. p. Nomen or Nome (.] Etym: [AS. niman. sq. root 7. Cf. Nimble.]
Definition: To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.] This canon it in his hand nam. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
