limp
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /lɪmp/
limp (limps, present participle limping; past and past participle limped)
- (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
- (intransitive, figurative, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
- The bomber limped home on one engine.
- (intransitive, figurative) To move or proceed irregularly.
- limping verses
- (poker slang, intransitive) To call.
- French: boiter, boitiller, claudiquer
- German: hinken, humpeln, lahmen
- Italian: zoppicare
- Portuguese: mancar, coxear
- Russian: хрома́ть
- Spanish: cojear, clauder
limp (plural limps)
- An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
- She walks with a limp.
- A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
- French: boitement, boiterie
- German: Gehbehinderung, Hinken
- Portuguese: coxeio, coxeadura
- Russian: хромота́
- Spanish: cojera
limp (comparative limper, superlative limpest)
- flaccid; flabby, like flesh.
- lacking stiffness; flimsy
- a limp rope
- (of a penis) not erect
- (of a man) not having an erect penis
- physically weak
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France
- Another line-out was stolen, and when the ball was sent left Clerc stepped and spun through limp challenges from Wilkinson, Chris Ashton and Foden to dive over and make it 11-0.
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France
limp (limps, present participle limping; past and past participle limped)
- (intransitive) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
limp (plural limps)
- A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.
limp (limps, present participle limping; past lamp, past participle lump)
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