English
gimp
see also: GIMP
Pronunciation Noun

gimp

  1. A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe.
  2. Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire.
    • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 87:
      I'm a fisher of men and my gimp is doing a saltarello over every body of water to fetch up what it may.
  3. The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
  4. (dated, chiefly North Eastern US) Gumption
    Synonyms: spirit, ambition, vigor, pep
Related terms Verb

gimp (gimps, present participle gimping; past and past participle gimped)

  1. (of yarn, cord, thread, etc.) To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating 'gimped yarn', etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
    • 1856, Campbell Morfit, A Treatise on Chemistry Applied to the Manufacture of Soap and Candles, page 435 with illustration ↗
      It consists of seventy fine spun cotton threads, gimped or tied around with thread by a machine similar to that for wrapping bonnet wire.
  2. (dated) To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.
Pronunciation Noun

gimp (plural gimps)

  1. (informal) A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
    Synonyms: cripple, disabled (person)
  2. (informal) A crippled leg.
  3. (informal) A limp or a limping gait.
  4. (slang, derogatory) A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar
    Synonyms: dweeb, nerd, geek, gump, spod, dork
  5. (BDSM) A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia.
  6. (video games, slang, derogatory) A character or ability that is underpowered.
Related terms Translations Verb

gimp (gimps, present participle gimping; past and past participle gimped)

  1. (intransitive, informal) To limp; to hobble.
  2. (transitive, video games, slang, derogatory) To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of.
    Synonyms: nerf
Pronunciation Adjective

gimp

  1. (dated, Scotland and N England) Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.
GIMP
Pronunciation Noun

gimp

  1. (uncountable, software) The GNU Image Manipulation Program, a computer program capable of manipulating digital images.
  2. (countable, particle physics) Abbreviation of gravitationally interacting massive particle#English|gravitationally interacting massive particle.
Synonyms
  • superWIMP (the form of superWIMP that only interacts gravitationally)


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