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vim  (vm)
n.
Ebullient vitality and energy. See Synonyms at vigor.

[Latin, accusative of vs; see wei- in Indo-European roots.]

vim [vɪm]
n
Slang exuberant vigour and energy
[from Latin, from vīs; related to Greek is strength]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.vimvim - a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor"
good health, healthiness - the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease
juice - energetic vitality; "her creative juices were flowing"
ch'i, chi, ki, qi - the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
2.vimvim - an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style"
sprightliness, liveliness, spirit, life - animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
verve, vitality - an energetic style
Translations
vim [vɪm] Nenergía f, empuje m
vim
n (inf)Schwung m; he writes with great vimer schreibt sehr schwungvoll; full of vim and vigour (Brit) or vigor (US) → voller Schwung und Elan
vim [vɪm] n (fam) → energia
vim [vɪm] n (fam) → energia


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It was a baleful choice and seemed to hold some secret and subtle association with the situation and general progress of events; or at any rate there was apparently some obscure reason for the energy and vim with which the scholars shouted the choral invitation again and again:--
When, after a time, Bob attempted to ease down the mad pace, spurs and quirt went into him again with undiminished vim and put him to renewed effort.
"I'll settle Miss Anne when she comes home," said Marilla grimly, as she shaved up kindlings with a carving knife and with more vim than was strictly necessary.
 
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