Definition of GIMPS

1. Noun. The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, a collaborative project using home computers to find large prime numbers. ¹

2. Noun. (plural of GIMP) ¹

3. Noun. (plural of gimp) ¹

4. Verb. (third-person singular of gimp) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of GIMPS

1. gimp [v] - See also: gimp

Lexicographical Neighbors of GIMPS

gimmickry
gimmicks
gimmicky
gimmie
gimmies
gimmor
gimmors
gimp hand
gimp suit
gimped
gimpier
gimpiest
gimpiness
gimping
gimps
gimpy
gin
gin-and-It
gin and it
gin and tonic
gin burglars
gin fizz
gin mill
gin palace
gin palaces
gin pole
gin rickey

Literary usage of GIMPS

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gum-elastic and Its Varieties: With a Detailed Account of Its Applications by Charles Goodyear (1853)
"Gimps. Coach lace. Banners and flags. Fringes and tassels. ... Some things made of the softer compounds, such as gimps, fringes, tassels, &c., ..."

2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year (1852)
"Switz. Beck and Sons. Broad and narrow Valenciennes laces of good fabric. Belg. Bennoch, Twentyman, and Rigg. Gimps, .fringes, and cameo braids. ..."

3. United States Reports, Supreme Court: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the by United States Supreme Court, William T. Otto (1907)
"... and so that act designates them substantially as manufactures wholly of cotton which are gimps at thirty per cent, manufactures wholly of cotton which ..."

4. The Silk Industry in America: A History: Prepared for the Centennial Exposition by Linus Pierpont Brockett (1876)
"Fringes, Tassels, Cords, and Gimps. 25 Oregon Street, Cleveland. ... Silk Fringes and Gimps. Factory and salesroom, 751 Market Street, San Francisco. ..."

5. Hand Book of the United States Tariff: Containing the Tariff Act of 1913 by Vandegrift, F.B., & Co, United States (1913)
"858 " gimps 60% 167 " glass and leather traveling inkstands, metal chief value (TD 13304). (See Metal articles nspf) 167 " gold powder (TD 15415) 50% 93 ..."

6. Annual Register by Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Edmund Burke (1852)
"Fancy gimps and silk fringes. Sax. Banziger, J. Embroidered double-flounce dress of novelty. Switz. Beck and Sons. Broad and narrow Valenciennes laces of ..."

7. Silk Manufacture in the United States by William Cornelius Wyckoff, Silk Association of America (1883)
"Upholstery Trimmings, Furniture Coverings and Curtain Materials, Cords, Gimps, Tassels and Fringes. Salesroom, 831 Broadway, New York. ..."

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