n. a game in which two players must alternately take one or more objects from one of several heaps and seek either to avoid taking or to take the last remaining object. [20th c.: perh. f. archaic nim take (as NIMBLE), or G nimm imper. of nehmen take]
NIM
Meaning of NIM in English
English main colloquial, spoken dictionary. Английский основной разговорный словарь. 2012