adj
Meaning 1
Affectedly nice, prim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ulster
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
quim
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Pronunciation
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/kwɪm/
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[khw̥ɪm]
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rhymes with -ɪm
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adj
Meaning 2
Moving with ease and precision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ulster
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The female genitalia; the vulva.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: vulgar
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noun
Meaning 4
An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, vulgar
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cunt
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots queem. Compare English queem.
Uncertain; perhaps an alteration of queme. The English Dialect Dictionary has a citation of "quim and cosh" from 1723 which it glosses as "intimate and familiar". Compare also quaint, cunt. Derivation from Welsh cwm (“hollow”) is sometimes suggested, but the OED notes that this is "unlikely on both semantic and phonological grounds".
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: píča — (vulgar, slang) female genitalia
- Esperanto: piĉo — (vulgar, slang) female genitalia
- German: Fotze — (vulgar, slang) female genitalia
- Japanese: マンコ (manko) — (vulgar, slang) female genitalia
- Polish: pizda — (vulgar, slang) female genitalia
- Polish: cipa — (vulgar, slang) female genitalia
- Polish: cipsko — (vulgar, slang) female genitalia
- Portuguese: xota — (vulgar, slang) female genitalia