noun, verb
noun (informal, disapproving) a person who is not strong, brave or confident
wimpish (also wimpy) adjective:
wimpish behaviour * She was too wimpy to say what she really thought.
Part of speech: verb
PHRASALVERBS
wimp out (of sth) (informal, disapproving) to not do sth that you intended to do because you are too frightened or not confident enough to do it
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is wimp a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, wimp is tagged as verb.
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