NIM

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

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Noun

nim (uncountable)

A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.

Anagrams

• INM, MIN, Min, NMI, min, min.

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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