limp

Plural: limps

Noun

• the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
• An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
• A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
• A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.

Verb

Verb Forms: limped, limping, limps

• To walk with difficulty, typically due to injury.
• walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
• proceed slowly or with difficulty
  • "the boat limped into the harbor"
• To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
• To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
• To move or proceed irregularly.
• To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
• To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
• To happen; befall; chance.
• To come upon; meet.

Adjective Satellite

• not firm
• lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; ; G.K.Chesterton
  • "gave a limp handshake"
  • "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know"

Adj

• Flaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.
• Lacking stiffness; flimsy.
• Not erect.
• Not having an erection.
• Physically weak.

Phrase

• Acronym of Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales (a code-word among Jacobites)

Adjective

• Lacking stiffness or rigidity; not firm.

Examples

• After many bad draws, his enthusiasm for the game became quite LIMP.
• After playing a crucial word, his opponent’s confidence began to LIMP.
• limping verses
• She walks with a limp.
• The bomber limped home on one engine.
• The business limped through the recession

Synonyms

gimp, hitch, hobble, wilted

Anagrams of limp