[wɪmp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a set of software features and hardware devices (such as windows, icons, mice, and pull-down menus) designed to simplify or demystify computing operations for the user
(e.g: WIMP user interfaces)


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Origin:
1980s: acronym

[wɪmp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass which interacts only weakly with ordinary matter, postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe


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Origin:
1980s: acronym from weakly interacting massive particle

[wɪmp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a weak and cowardly or unadventurous person


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Origin:
1920s: origin uncertain, perhaps from whimper

[wɪmp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- fail to do or complete something as a result of fear or lack of confidence
(e.g: anyone who wimped out because of the weather missed the experience of a lifetime)


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Origin:
1920s: origin uncertain, perhaps from whimper