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ALL meanings of wimp

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  • noun Technical meaning of 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. 1
  • noun wimp A weak and cowardly or unadventurous person. 1
  • noun wimp sb physically weak 1
  • noun wimp sb mentally weak 1
  • noun wimp 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. 1
  • noun wimp (Slang) (pejorative) someone who lacks confidence, is weak, irresolute and wishy-washy. 0
  • noun wimp Alternative spelling of WIMP. 0
  • verb wimp (Intransitive Verb) To behave submissively, inde. 0
  • verb wimp (Transitive Verb) To render wimpy. 0
  • countable noun wimp If you call someone a wimp, you disapprove of them because they lack confidence or determination, or because they are often afraid of things. 0
  • noun wimp a feeble ineffective person 0
  • acronym wimp windows, icons, menus (or mice), pointers: denoting a type of user-friendly screen display used on small computers 0
  • abbreviation WIMP weakly interacting massive particle 0
  • noun wimp a hypothetical, electrically neutral, massive subatomic particle that interacts with other matter by means of the weak interaction 0
  • noun wimp a weak, ineffectual, or insipid person 0
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