"jimp" meaning in All languages combined

See jimp on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: jimper [comparative], jimpest [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} jimp (comparative jimper, superlative jimpest)
  1. (dated, Scotland and N England) neat; trim; delicate Tags: dated Synonyms: slender, handsome, spruce, elegant
    Sense id: en-jimp-en-adj-hnsryrAm
  2. (dated, Scotland and N England) scant; barely sufficient. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-jimp-en-adj-gighzz7P

Noun [English]

Forms: jimps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} jimp (plural jimps)
  1. A notch on the spine of a knife blade to increase grip, usually in sets of three or more (jimping).
    Sense id: en-jimp-en-noun-ioXAR9BM
  2. Such a notch elsewhere on the knife (handle scales, liner lock, choil) for the same purpose (grippiness).
    Sense id: en-jimp-en-noun-CFe50j75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 7 20 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gimp (alt: Etymology 3)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for jimp meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jimper",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jimpest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "jimp (comparative jimper, superlative jimpest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1899, Neil Munro, Gilian the Dreamer, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2007",
          "text": "Do I look so terrible old, Gilian, that you cannot think of me as not so bad-looking either, with a bonny eye, they said, and a jimp waist, and a foot like the honey-bee?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, Reprint edition, HarperCollins, published 2011",
          "text": "… Annette was on hand, stony-eyed but mighty jimp in a gown that seemed to consist of flowers and gauze.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "neat; trim; delicate"
      ],
      "id": "en-jimp-en-adj-hnsryrAm",
      "links": [
        [
          "neat",
          "neat"
        ],
        [
          "trim",
          "trim"
        ],
        [
          "delicate",
          "delicate"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Scotland and N England",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, Scotland and N England) neat; trim; delicate"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "slender"
        },
        {
          "word": "handsome"
        },
        {
          "word": "spruce"
        },
        {
          "word": "elegant"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "scant; barely sufficient."
      ],
      "id": "en-jimp-en-adj-gighzz7P",
      "links": [
        [
          "scant",
          "scant"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Scotland and N England",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, Scotland and N England) scant; barely sufficient."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jimp"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jimps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "jimp (plural jimps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "Etymology 3",
      "word": "gimp"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A notch on the spine of a knife blade to increase grip, usually in sets of three or more (jimping)."
      ],
      "id": "en-jimp-en-noun-ioXAR9BM",
      "links": [
        [
          "notch",
          "notch"
        ],
        [
          "jimping",
          "jimping"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 7 20 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Such a notch elsewhere on the knife (handle scales, liner lock, choil) for the same purpose (grippiness)."
      ],
      "id": "en-jimp-en-noun-CFe50j75",
      "links": [
        [
          "choil",
          "choil"
        ],
        [
          "grippiness",
          "grippiness"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jimp"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jimper",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jimpest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "jimp (comparative jimper, superlative jimpest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1899, Neil Munro, Gilian the Dreamer, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2007",
          "text": "Do I look so terrible old, Gilian, that you cannot think of me as not so bad-looking either, with a bonny eye, they said, and a jimp waist, and a foot like the honey-bee?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, Reprint edition, HarperCollins, published 2011",
          "text": "… Annette was on hand, stony-eyed but mighty jimp in a gown that seemed to consist of flowers and gauze.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "neat; trim; delicate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "neat",
          "neat"
        ],
        [
          "trim",
          "trim"
        ],
        [
          "delicate",
          "delicate"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Scotland and N England",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, Scotland and N England) neat; trim; delicate"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "slender"
        },
        {
          "word": "handsome"
        },
        {
          "word": "spruce"
        },
        {
          "word": "elegant"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scant; barely sufficient."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scant",
          "scant"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Scotland and N England",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, Scotland and N England) scant; barely sufficient."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jimp"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jimps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "jimp (plural jimps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "alt": "Etymology 3",
      "word": "gimp"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A notch on the spine of a knife blade to increase grip, usually in sets of three or more (jimping)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "notch",
          "notch"
        ],
        [
          "jimping",
          "jimping"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Such a notch elsewhere on the knife (handle scales, liner lock, choil) for the same purpose (grippiness)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choil",
          "choil"
        ],
        [
          "grippiness",
          "grippiness"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jimp"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.