slim

adj

1. Slender; thin.

   “Movie stars are usually slim, attractive, and young.”

2. (broadly)Slender; thin.
3. Slender; thin.
4. Slender; thin.
5. Very small, tiny.

   “I'm afraid your chances are quite slim.”

   “Wolves' debatable third in the last 10 minutes, with the ball only crossing the line by the slimmest of margins if at all, ensured a cracking finale, although City would have been left aggrieved had they let the win slip.”

6. (Northern-England, Scotland)Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.

   “A slimly-shod lad;”

   “a slimly-made cart.”

7. (South-Africa, obsolete)Sly, crafty.

noun

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

   “I only smoke slims.”

2. (Ireland, regional)A potato farl.
3. (Africa, East, uncountable)AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.

   “As in the West, only about 50 per cent of patients with slim fully investigated will have a putative pathogen identified.”

4. (slang, uncountable)Cocaine.
5. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of sling (“type of alcoholic mixed drink”)

   “Crump, having fortified himself with a bobstick of rum slim, moved cautiously among the crowds who bustled along Fleet Street.”

6. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of short linear motif.

verb

1. (intransitive)To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.
2. (transitive)To make slimmer; to reduce in size.

name

1. A surname.
2. A male given name.