(dated, Scotland and N England) neat; trim; delicate / (dated, Scotland and N England) scant; barely sufficient.

A notch on the spine of a knife blade to increase grip, usually in sets of three or more (jimping).

A series of notches (jimps) down the spine of a blade, created to provide grip on a knife beyond the bolster

The quality of being jimp.

plural of jimp

superlative form of jimp: most jimp

comparative form of jimp: more jimp

neat, jimp

(biology) Describing a sex-linked mutation in mice that causes severe hypomyelination in the males.

(Scotland) In a jimp manner.