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slim

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

    "I only smoke slims."

  2. A potato farl.

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

verb
  1. To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.

  2. To make slimmer; to reduce in size.

adjective
  1. Slender, thin.

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

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

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

    "A slimly-shod lad;"

Synonymscunning, frood, fine, stalky, sticklike, thin

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