Limp

  • 31limp — English has two words limp, which perhaps share a common ancestry. Neither is particularly old. The verb first crops up in the 16th century (until then the word for ‘walk lamely’ had been halt, which now survives, barely, as an adjective). It was …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 32limp — [lɪmp] verb [I] I to walk with difficulty because of an injured leg or foot limp noun [singular] II adj limp [lɪmp] not firm, stiff, or strong …

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  • 33limp — English has two words limp, which perhaps share a common ancestry. Neither is particularly old. The verb first crops up in the 16th century (until then the word for ‘walk lamely’ had been halt, which now survives, barely, as an adjective). It was …

    Word origins

  • 34LIMP — Aeroporto di Parma …

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  • 35limp in — verb Before the flop, to call as opposed to raising. Syn: limp …

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  • 36limp — 1. noun a) An irregular, jerky or awkward gait b) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve 2 …

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  • 37limp — lɪmp n. lameness, irregular awkward walk v. walk with a limp; move or progress in an awkward manner; move forward slowly and with difficulty adj. lacking stiffness, wilted, droopy; lifeless, lacking energy; weak; flexible …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 38limp — I verb she limped out of the house Syn: hobble, hop, lurch, stagger, shuffle, shamble II adjective a limp handshake Syn: soft, flaccid, loose, slack, lax, floppy, drooping …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 39limp —   1. Lame. O opa, opa.   Also: mā opa opa, haki opa, kī opa, o i, hā o i, kū o i, kūpā o i, hakupe o i, pā o i o i, ka upapā, lolehau, luni. See lame.   2. Weak, soft. Malule, nāwali, nāwaliwali.   Also: uwa uwali, ha imalule, hōlule, ho okakale …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 40limp-in — See limp home …

    Dictionary of automotive terms