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slim

/slɪm/

noun

Meaning

  • A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.

    "I only smoke slims."

  • A potato farl.

  • AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.

  • Cocaine.

verb

Meaning

  • To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.

  • To make slimmer; to reduce in size.

adjective

Meaning

  • Slender, thin.

  • (of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.

    "I'm afraid your chances are quite slim."

  • (rural) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.

    "A slimly-shod lad;"

  • Sly, crafty.

Synonyms

cunning,
frood,
fine,
stalky,
sticklike,
thin,
virgate,
flimsy,
lousy,
shoddy,
lithe,
svelte,
willowy,
infinitesimal,
marginal