lame
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /leɪm/
lame (comparative lamer, superlative lamest)
- Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
- Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function.
- a lame leg, arm or muscle
- (by extension) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
Barrow - a lame endeavour
- circa 1603 William Shakespeare, Othello, Act II scene i:
- O, most lame and impotent conclusion! […]
- (slang) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
- (He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.)
- (slang) Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant.
- (He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night.)
- (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs) crippled
- (moving with difficulty)
- (by extension) hobbling, limping, inefficient, imperfect
- (slang) weak, unbelievable
- (slang) boring, pathetic, uncool, unfunny, uninteresting, irrelevant
- (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
- (moving with difficulty)
- (by extension) efficient, perfect
- (slang) convincing, believable
- (slang) cool, funny, interesting, relevant
- French: boiteux, boiteuse
- German: lahm
- Italian: zoppo
- Portuguese: manco, perneta, coxo (Brasil), capenga (Brasil)
- Russian: хромо́й
- Spanish: cojo, rengo (Argentina)
- Portuguese: manco
- Russian: искале́ченный
- Portuguese: capenga
- Russian: хрома́ющий
- French: boîteux, pitoyable, nul, bancal, bateau
- Portuguese: fraco, capenga
- Russian: сла́бый
- Spanish: cojo
- French: nul, (slang) naze, (Quebec, informal) poche, ringard
- German: ätzend, öde
- Italian: patetico, stupido
- Portuguese: palha (Brazil), sem graça, chato
- Russian: беспонто́вый
- Spanish: (Mexico) chafa, soso
lame (lames, present participle laming; past and past participle lamed)
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
- 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: And if you don't want to lame your horse you must look sharp and get them [stones stuck in hooves] out quickly.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 6
- Now her soul felt lamed in itself. It was her hope that was struck.
- Italian: azzoppare
- Portuguese: deixar manco
- Russian: калечить
lame (plural lames)
- (prison slang) A stupid or undesirable person.
- 2011, Lil' Kim, Black Friday (song)
- You lames tryna clone my style and run wit it.
- 2011, Lil' Kim, Black Friday (song)
lame (plural lames)
- A lamina.
- (in the plural) A set of joined overlapping metal plates.
lame (lames, present participle laming; past and past participle lamed)
- (obsolete) To shine.
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