Definition of IM
IM 
noun
- an Instant Message.
He's been sending me IMs all evening, but I've just been ignoring them.
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Last edited on Dec 07 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 07 2011.
verb - intransitive
- to use an Instant Messaging service.
Are you IMing? I told you to do your homework!
- See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of).
Last edited on Dec 07 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 07 2011.
verb - transitive
- to contact a person via an Internet-based "Instant Messaging" service, such as MSN Instant Messenger or AOL Instant Messenger.
If Mike comes online, tell him to IM me.
- See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of).
Last edited on Dec 07 2011. Submitted by Jared M. from Seattle, WA, USA on Jan 20 2002.
- to send something via an Instant Messaging service.
He just IMed the cutest poem.
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Last edited on Dec 07 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 07 2011.
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