Limp \Limp\ (l[i^]mp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Limped (l[i^]mt;
215); p. pr. & vb. n. Limping.] [Cf. AS. lemphealt lame,
OHG. limphen to limp, be weak; perh. akin to E. lame, or to
limp, a [root]120.]
To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Limp \Limp\, n.
A manner of walking in which the movement of one or both legs
is noticeably abnormal, usually due to injury or disease; a
halt; the act of limping.
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Limp \Limp\, n. (Ore Washing)
A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
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Limp \Limp\, a. [Cf. Icel. limpa limpness, weakness, and E. lap,
n., lop, v. t. Cf. Limber, a.]
1. Flaccid; flabby, as flesh. --Walton.
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2. Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
limp
adj 1: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid
muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp
handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all
desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip" [syn: flaccid,
lax, slack]
2: not firm; "wilted lettuce" [syn: wilted]
n : the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured
leg [syn: hitch, hobble]
v 1: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old
woman hobbles down to the store every day" [syn: hobble,
hitch]
2: proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the
harbor"
WordNet (r) 2.0
202 Moby Thesaurus words for "limp":
amble, andante, anemic, asthenic, bagging, baggy, ballooning,
barge, bloodless, bowl along, bundle, chicken, claudicate,
claudication, clump, cowardly, cower, crawl, creep, dead march,
debilitated, dodder, doddering, dogtrot, drag, drag along,
drag out, droop, drooping, droopy, dull, effete, enervated,
etiolated, exhausted, faint, faintish, falter, faltering, fatigued,
feeble, flabby, flaccid, flexible, flimsy, floppy, flounce, foot,
footpace, footslog, frail, funeral march, gait, gallop, gimp,
go dead slow, go slow, gone, gutless, halt, hippety-hop, hitch,
hobble, hobbling, hop, idle, imbecile, impotent, inch, inch along,
ineffective, ineffectual, jog, jog trot, jog-trot, jolt, jump,
lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, lax, laze,
leisurely gait, limber, listless, lock step, loose, lop, lop-eared,
loppy, lukewarm, lumber, lumbering pace, lunge, lurch, lustless,
marrowless, mince, mincing steps, mosey, muddle, namby-pamby,
nerveless, nodding, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, pithless,
pliable, plod, poke, poke along, pooped, powerless, prance, quiver,
rack, relaxed, roll, rubbery, sagging, sagging in folds, saggy,
sapless, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shake, shamble,
shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, sinewless, single-foot, skip, slack,
sleazy, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow march, slow motion,
slowness, soft, spent, spineless, spiritless, stagger,
stagger along, staggering, stalk, stamp, step, stomp, straddle,
straggle, strengthless, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut,
stumble, stump, supple, swag, swagger, swing, teeter, tired,
tittup, toddle, toddle along, totter, totter along, tottering,
traipse, tread, tremble, trip, trot, trudge, unhardened, unnerved,
unstrung, velocity, waddle, walk, wamble, wasted, weak, weakly,
wiggle, wobble, worm, worm along, worn out
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
LIMP
["Messages in Typed Languages", J. Hunt et al, SIGPLAN Notices
14(1):27-45 (Jan 1979)].
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