1. plural of nim; a game in which two players alternately take objects from piles, with the goal of forcing the opponent to take the last object (or leaving the opponent with no legal moves, depending on the variant).
Usage: mathematics; game theory

Examples

• The children played several rounds of nims during recess.
• Nims is a classic combinatorial game studied in mathematics.
• She won at nims by understanding the winning strategy.
• The rules of nims are simple but the strategy is deep.