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Limp

Limp Meaning & Definition
Limp Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Limp?

[n] the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
[adj] not firm; "wilted lettuce"
[adj] 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"
[v] walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day."
[v] proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the harbor"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Limp: flaccid | hitch | hitch | hobble | hobble | lax | slack | stale | weak | wilted

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | continue | gait | go forward | proceed | walk

Limp In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Limp\, n. A halt; the act of limping.
\Limp\, n. (Ore Washing) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
\Limp\, a. [Cf. Icel. limpa limpness, weakness, and E. lap, n., lop, v. t. Cf. {Limber}, a.] 1. Flaccid; flabby, as flesh. --Walton. 2. Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.

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