nim

Pronunciation: /nɪm/

The English word “nim” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To take or seize.
To filch, steal, pilfer.
To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.

noun

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

Etymology

From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian nieme (“to take”), West Frisian nimme (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), Low German nehmen (“to take”), German nehmen (“to take”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”).…

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