noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Because they don't risk money, corporate financiers are considered wimps by traders.
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Don't be such a wimp , Simon. Tell her you want to break up.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He seemed angry with her for some reason but John's a wimp .
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Jack supposed he was a bit of a wimp , with his dislike of rugby and love of photography.
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Knowing full well that I was a wimp at heart, it was refreshing to be treated as something else.
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No wonder Graham was a bit of a wimp .
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Today, the high-powered financiers on whom Michael Douglas's character was modelled might add that tax is also for wimps.
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What a wimp , I thought.
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Which man wants to admit that he's a wimp and needs to assert himself?