/wɪˈmp/ - [wimp] -
We found 8 definitions of wimp from 4 different sources.
NounPlural: wimps |
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wimp - a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy | ||
chicken, crybaby | ||
weakling, wuss, doormat a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | ||
wimp - 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 | ||
weakly interacting massive particle, WIMP | ||
elementary particle, fundamental particle (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter | ||
dark matter (cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up 90 percent of the universe; it is invisible (does not absorb or emit light) and does not collide with atomic particles but exerts gravitational force | ||
natural philosophy, physics the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" |