Wimp
noun
1.
a weak, ineffectual, timid person.
Verb phrases
2.
wimp out,
to be or act like a wimp.
to show timidity or cowardice; chicken out.
noun
1.
any of a group of weakly interacting elementary particles predicted by various unified field theories, as the W particle and Z-zero particle, that are characterized by relatively large masses.
noun
1.
(informal) a feeble ineffective person See also wimp out
acronym
1.
windows, icons, menus (or mice), pointers: denoting a type of user-friendly screen display used on small computers: a WIMP system
2.
(physics) weakly interacting massive particle
WIMP
(wĭmp)
Short for weakly interacting massive particle. Any of various hypothetical particles, some predicted by certain theories such as supersymmetry, which interact with other particles by the force of gravity alone. WIMPs are considered by some scientists to be candidates for the dark matter that makes up much of the mass of the universe.
will the real someone please stand up
wimp
operating system
Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointers (or maybe Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pull-down menus).
The style of graphical user interface invented at Xerox PARC, popularised by the Apple Macintosh and now available in other varieties such as the X Window System, OSF/Motif, NeWS, RISC OS and Microsoft Windows.
See menuitis, user-obsequious, window system.
(2007-09-12)
WIMP
1.
window, icon, menu, pointing [device]
2.
window, icon, mouse, pull-down [menu]
Read Also:
- Wimpier
adjective, wimpier, wimpiest. 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp. wimpish
- Wimpiest
adjective, wimpier, wimpiest. 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp. wimpish
- Wimpiness
adjective, wimpier, wimpiest. 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp. wimpish
- Wimpish
adjective, wimpier, wimpiest. 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp. wilma wimpish
- Wimple
noun 1. a woman’s headcloth drawn in folds about the chin, formerly worn out of doors, and still in use by some nuns. 2. Chiefly Scot. a fold or wrinkle, as in cloth. a curve, bend, or turn, as in a road or river. verb (used with object), wimpled, wimpling. 3. to cover or muffle […]
