NOUN | person | wimp, chicken, crybaby | a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy |
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object | WIMP, weakly interacting massive particle | a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation |
Sounds | wih'mp | |
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Rhymes | blimp / Blimp ... skimp: 11 rhymes with ihmp... |
Meaning | A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy. | |
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Synonyms | chicken, crybaby | |
Broader | weakling, doormat, wuss | A person who is physically weak and ineffectual |
Spanish | jeremías, llorón, quejica | |
Catalan | fleuma, ploramiques, ploraner, somicaire | |
Adjectives | wimpy | weak and ineffectual |
Meaning | A hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe. | |
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Synonym | weakly interacting massive particle | |
Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
Part of | dark matter | (cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up 90 percent of the universe |
Broader | elementary particle, fundamental particle | (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom |
Usage of | acronym, initialism | A word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name |
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