English Explanatory Dictionary

wimp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.
verb
  1. To behave submissively.
  2. To make (something) weak or wimpy.
adj
  1. Weak, wimpy.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of WIMP.
noun
  1. Acronym of weakly interacting massive particle.
  2. Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointer, a graphical interface paradigm.
  3. Acronym of window-icon-mouse program.
name
  1. Initialism of Windows, Internet Information Services, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP/Perl/Python.

Pronunciation

/wɪmp/ En-au-wimp.ogg

Word forms

wimp wimps whimp wimping wimped more wimp most wimp

Etymology

Possibly a clipping of whimper. The term was understood in the United States by the 1930s, as it was incorporated into the names of two famous media characters known for living up to that name: The devious but cowardly Popeye supporting-character called "J. Wellington Wimpy", and the soft-spoken character "Wallace Wimple" from the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly.

Synonyms

sissy softy weenie wuss big girl's blouse candy-arse candy-ass crybaby milksop milquetoast namby namby-pamby nestle-cock pansy pantywaist poon punk pushover pussy tenderling weakling wimp wussy bottler caitiff coistril coward chicken chicken liver chickenshit cocktail cowardy custard craven dog fraidy cat funker gutless wonder invertebrate jessie lizard nancy niddering nidering nidget niding nithing piece of crap piece of shit pisspants poltroon pullet pussyhole quiche-eater quakebreech quakebuttock recreant scaredy cat scaredy pants shithouse slag

Derived words

wimpish wimply wimp out wimp rock wimpy WIMPzilla superWIMP post-WIMP
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