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verb lɪmplɪmp 1no object, usually with adverbial of direction Walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot. he limped heavily as he moved with adverbial of direction he limped off during Saturday's game Example sentencesExamples - The end of the shell pierced the bottom of my foot as I limped to the steps.
- The caravan of cars was accompanied by men and women on bicycles and limping along by foot.
- Biting his tongue, he pulled himself to his feet and limped across the room to his bed.
- He lightly brushed Arin away and walked over to Karras, limping heavily on his right leg.
- If your child shows signs of joint swelling, stiffness or pain or just limps for no obvious reason, take your child to your family doctor.
- Angela quickly recovered from her stumble, and began to limp while walking ahead of him, hoping he wouldn't notice.
- Now he's got a large bruise on his foot and is limping pretty badly on it.
- He limped heavily as his co-pilot helped him to walk; it appeared as thought he man's leg was broken.
- It took Ryre five days before he could manage to walk without limping.
- He staggered to his feet, limping towards the entrance of the cave, his body searing with pain each time he moved.
- Meghan climbed to her feet, still limping on her injured leg, and looked around at the crowd of girls.
- Jason finally gets onto one foot and begins to limp with the other one.
- Thompson, who has a badly bruised foot and limped from the dismal fray early in the second-half on Tuesday, could be out for two weeks.
- The pain can be so severe the patient limps or hobbles around with the affected heel off the ground.
- We both started cracking up when we looked to the back and saw that Guy was still limping on one foot to the boys locker room.
- Ideally, these steaks should arrive as hard and dense as diamonds; drop them on your foot and you'll limp for a week.
- She bent down to clutch her leg, limping more heavily upon it as she moved towards the bed, then sat heavily upon it.
- I watched as the driver of the car came to his feet, he was limping on his left leg.
- James was bleeding from a large gash on his forehead, while Ryan was limping heavily and his shirt was torn.
- They watched as the goat struggled to its feet and limped away, bleating in protest at this unexpected treatment.
Synonyms hobble, walk with a limp, walk with difficulty, walk lamely, walk haltingly, walk unevenly, falter shuffle, shamble, totter, dodder, stagger, stumble Scottish hirple - 1.1with adverbial of direction (of a damaged ship, aircraft, or vehicle) proceed with difficulty.
the badly damaged aircraft limped back to Sicily Example sentencesExamples - A damaged Cardassian ship limps into the station carrying a Cardassian reformist and her two pupils.
- Its bow was severely damaged, and 23 sailors were hurt too badly to stand watch as the vessel limped back to Guam.
- It was able to limp about a half mile away and crash land.
- Because it handles like a Formula 1 car limping into the pits with four burst tyres.
- After 37 days at sea his ship limped into Sydney after being torpedoed by a German U-boat.
- Soldiers silhouetted by a pink sunset watched their battle-worn vehicles limp back into camp.
- I soon found out how difficult it would be to limp the aircraft home.
- The gunners managed to shoot down two of the attackers before the aircraft was badly hit, limping back to base on two of its four engines.
- All the punishment dished out meant only eight cars could limp out for the demolition derby in which Bill Bylett ground the opposition to a halt.
- Three days later the boat limps into Newport, a few mattresses stuffed into the broken-off tip of the hull to keep the water out.
- It strikes me as curious that a relatively new car limps into the garage, rasping and wheezing like a parched man crawling on all fours towards a mirage of an oasis, but then pulls off purring contentedly like the cat that got the cream.
- Sadly it has been damaged and is presently limping into Cascais, Portugal.
noun lɪmplɪmp A tendency to limp; a gait impeded by injury or stiffness. the accident left him with a pronounced limp Example sentencesExamples - Eonsas was a big man, in at least his fiftieth turn, still strong but developing a pronounced limp on his left side.
- His injuries are still with him; he cannot raise his arms above his shoulders; he still has a slight limp.
- Testimony to the battering that his body took from falls are metal pins inserted in both arms, plates and screws holding his legs together, and a pronounced limp.
- He walked to the sink with a slight limp from a battle injury he'd gotten years before either of his children had come to him, from nature or from science.
- The swelling has gone down but the lamb still has a limp.
- The limp can be related to an injury or sometimes may occur for no apparent reason.
- The person in the centre with the trilby is undoubtedly my grandfather Jack Caton, because of his pronounced limp.
- He spent nearly a year in hospital in 1945 as a result of a leg wound and walked with a pronounced limp for the rest of his life.
- He was gravely wounded in World War I, leaving him with a pronounced limp for the rest of his life.
- Later, at the Croatia team base further down the mountain, she shuffles up the stairs ahead of me with a pronounced limp.
- He was also wearing a pair of thin, silver-rimmed glasses and walks with a pronounced limp in his left leg.
- He got up from his sitting position and, with a slight limp in his gait, he ran towards the battlefield.
- The crowd that December night at the Boulder Theater included a man in a wheelchair with two broken ankles, a pair on crutches, and a handful of others with pronounced limps.
- It didn't seem like a very big deal at the time, and in fact I had all but forgotten about it until I woke up this morning with a pronounced limp.
- A limp may develop, with associated stiffness.
- Earlier injuries would be crucial in identifying Uday, who was hit by 17 bullets in an assassination attempt in 1996 that left him with a limp.
- Janet's memories of her father are all of a man with a limp.
- William Gallas had to remain in the fray despite an injury that gave him an ever more pronounced limp.
- He watched her, wordlessly, using a carefully organized gait to hide the limp.
- They have a pitcher whose right leg is an inch shorter than his left leg, giving him a limp in his gait.
Synonyms lameness, hobble, uneven gait, shuffle rare claudication
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'fall short of'): related to obsolete limphalt 'lame', and probably of Germanic origin. Limp meaning ‘walk unevenly or with difficulty’ was originally used with the sense ‘fall short of’: it is related to obsolete limphalt ‘lame’, and is probably of Germanic origin. Use of the word in nautical, aviation, and other transport contexts such as limp into port, limped over the airfield is found from the 1920s. Limp in the sense ‘lacking firmness’ dates from the early 18th century. It may be related to the other limp, but its origin is uncertain.
Rhymes blimp, chimp, crimp, gimp, imp, pimp, primp, scrimp, shrimp, simp, skimp, wimp adjective lɪmplɪmp 1Lacking internal strength or structure; not stiff or firm. she let her whole body go limp the flags hung limp and still Example sentencesExamples - Suddenly, he had the urge to kiss her until she went soft and limp in his arms.
- In a fashion shoot called Doll Drums, the model lies limp and stiff, draped over chairs as if she'd been thrown there by a petulant child.
- Dori's body stiffened, and then she went limp, slumping to the floor.
- Avoid bunches that have thin, limp leaves that are pale-green or yellow or bunches with extremely large or blemished stalks.
- Sarah screamed hysterically as she pulled on her mother's limp arm, covered with deep cuts and bloodstains.
- The cover of the tank opened, and Kompuu's limp body fell out.
- Forbes lifted the limp figure into his arms and placed him under the covers of the thick blankets.
- It was much larger than it had first appeared, and had dark red and blue feathers covering its limp body.
- As soon as he was safe from the sea's cold clutches, Arrigo covered his sister's limp form with his jacket, then collapsed beside her.
- He threw Annabelle's limp body over his shoulder with sheer brute strength, and then proceeded into the dark room.
- Under his increasingly limp fingers, the antennae stiffened, then pulled back, away from his head.
- Pramoto, a man with a soft face and a limp cigarette, lay sprawled on a rickshaw seat.
- Raven watched as a limp arm was slid through the biggest of the board cracks to hang there like a piece of meat before him.
- Aaron's body went limp for a second, blood covering his mouth, then broke into spasms.
- I was pretty damn sure I had turned completely white; I felt stiff, limp, and heavy all at once.
- Then he went limp, his hand slacked and his head sunk back.
- Her head was limp and floppy and she hung like a rag doll.
- He wanted her limp body curled around a soft teddy bear now.
- Survivors, alone or in pairs, carried away limp victims covered with blood and sand.
- A woman in her mid-fifties stood on a ladder organizing books on a top shelf, her stiff, dark hair long since made limp by the humidity.
Synonyms soft, flaccid, loose, slack, lacking firmness, lax, unfirm, pliable, not taut, relaxed - 1.1 Having or denoting a book cover that is not stiffened with board.
- 1.2 Without energy or vigour.
Example sentencesExamples - She offered a limp handshake, maintaining eye contact with the wall space just above my head.
- Limp Handshakes annoy me intensely, I don't care who it's from.
- The girl's brown eyes looked coolly at her, taking Manda's hand in a limp handshake.
- If your entire body is achy, tired, and limp, you need to replenish your energies.
- Besides, there was food right here, all he had to do was hypnotize her, or hit her with enough psychic energy to make her limp and unconscious.
- This production could have used more aggressive direction from Barbara Larose to spark the limp energy of the cast.
- Her opposite hand shaking, she put it around the limp wrist.
- The most common blunders include being late for the interview, dirty finger nails, slouching in the seat and having a wet, limp handshake.
- Still feeling sick, he was completely limp without any energy.
- His hand-shake was as limp as ever but even more damp.
- A limp handshake and a thank-you for rounding out the end of an otherwise mundane Sunday.
- Too tired to argue, I hung like a limp rag doll to his arm as he half carried me effortlessly through a maze of corridors.
- She had no energy left to direct Hawk and sat there limp and lifeless as a rag doll.
- Like a limp handshake, this beer lacked substance and character; however our pack on the next table seemed to be drinking it easily enough!
- Foster stared at her hand as if it was a snake, before she reluctantly took it in a limp handshake.
- The handshake was moist and limp, the type that made any soldier or field officer cringe.
- She said in a slurred voice while she went limp in his arms, she energy spent.
- Zeke watched horrified, as Zhore went limp and his energy faded into nothingness.
Synonyms tired, fatigued, weary, exhausted, worn out lethargic, listless, spiritless, without energy, spent, weak, enervated, flagging
Derivatives adverb ˈlɪmpli She also heard his deeply agonized, breathless cry as he collapsed limply to the floor. Example sentencesExamples - Above the store's signboard, drying shirts hang limply from the window grill.
- There are few visual images more saddening than a flag, limply draped at half-mast.
- One looked about four and was lying limply in his mothers' arms, all feverish and cranky.
- The way she hung limply in her fathers arms made him believe she was already dead.
noun ˈlɪmpnəsˈlɪmpnəs He should have yielded, for the initial dramatic limpness was in large measure down to him. Example sentencesExamples - He describes contemporary literature as being characterised by limpness, as having lost its potency.
- The new persona has to stand out - and here Michael Howard's problem is the limpness of his statement.
- The hairs' limpness makes it seem longer, as do the dull red highlights that have grown out.
- The senator's action even obliquely rebuked Democrats for the limpness of their opposition.
Origin Early 18th century: of unknown origin; perhaps related to limp1, having the basic sense 'hanging loose'. verblimplɪmp 1no object, usually with adverbial of direction Walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot. he limped heavily as he moved with adverbial of direction he limped off during Saturday's game figurative the conversation limped on for half an hour Example sentencesExamples - The pain can be so severe the patient limps or hobbles around with the affected heel off the ground.
- The caravan of cars was accompanied by men and women on bicycles and limping along by foot.
- She bent down to clutch her leg, limping more heavily upon it as she moved towards the bed, then sat heavily upon it.
- He limped heavily as his co-pilot helped him to walk; it appeared as thought he man's leg was broken.
- We both started cracking up when we looked to the back and saw that Guy was still limping on one foot to the boys locker room.
- Ideally, these steaks should arrive as hard and dense as diamonds; drop them on your foot and you'll limp for a week.
- Jason finally gets onto one foot and begins to limp with the other one.
- They watched as the goat struggled to its feet and limped away, bleating in protest at this unexpected treatment.
- If your child shows signs of joint swelling, stiffness or pain or just limps for no obvious reason, take your child to your family doctor.
- He staggered to his feet, limping towards the entrance of the cave, his body searing with pain each time he moved.
- James was bleeding from a large gash on his forehead, while Ryan was limping heavily and his shirt was torn.
- He lightly brushed Arin away and walked over to Karras, limping heavily on his right leg.
- The end of the shell pierced the bottom of my foot as I limped to the steps.
- It took Ryre five days before he could manage to walk without limping.
- Thompson, who has a badly bruised foot and limped from the dismal fray early in the second-half on Tuesday, could be out for two weeks.
- Now he's got a large bruise on his foot and is limping pretty badly on it.
- Biting his tongue, he pulled himself to his feet and limped across the room to his bed.
- Meghan climbed to her feet, still limping on her injured leg, and looked around at the crowd of girls.
- I watched as the driver of the car came to his feet, he was limping on his left leg.
- Angela quickly recovered from her stumble, and began to limp while walking ahead of him, hoping he wouldn't notice.
Synonyms hobble, walk with a limp, walk with difficulty, walk lamely, walk haltingly, walk unevenly, falter - 1.1with adverbial of direction (of a damaged ship, aircraft, or vehicle) proceed with difficulty.
the badly damaged aircraft limped back to Sicily Example sentencesExamples - I soon found out how difficult it would be to limp the aircraft home.
- It was able to limp about a half mile away and crash land.
- Three days later the boat limps into Newport, a few mattresses stuffed into the broken-off tip of the hull to keep the water out.
- Soldiers silhouetted by a pink sunset watched their battle-worn vehicles limp back into camp.
- After 37 days at sea his ship limped into Sydney after being torpedoed by a German U-boat.
- Sadly it has been damaged and is presently limping into Cascais, Portugal.
- The gunners managed to shoot down two of the attackers before the aircraft was badly hit, limping back to base on two of its four engines.
- A damaged Cardassian ship limps into the station carrying a Cardassian reformist and her two pupils.
- All the punishment dished out meant only eight cars could limp out for the demolition derby in which Bill Bylett ground the opposition to a halt.
- Its bow was severely damaged, and 23 sailors were hurt too badly to stand watch as the vessel limped back to Guam.
- It strikes me as curious that a relatively new car limps into the garage, rasping and wheezing like a parched man crawling on all fours towards a mirage of an oasis, but then pulls off purring contentedly like the cat that got the cream.
- Because it handles like a Formula 1 car limping into the pits with four burst tyres.
nounlimplɪmp A tendency to limp; a gait impeded by injury or stiffness. Example sentencesExamples - His injuries are still with him; he cannot raise his arms above his shoulders; he still has a slight limp.
- He spent nearly a year in hospital in 1945 as a result of a leg wound and walked with a pronounced limp for the rest of his life.
- Janet's memories of her father are all of a man with a limp.
- He watched her, wordlessly, using a carefully organized gait to hide the limp.
- He got up from his sitting position and, with a slight limp in his gait, he ran towards the battlefield.
- Eonsas was a big man, in at least his fiftieth turn, still strong but developing a pronounced limp on his left side.
- The swelling has gone down but the lamb still has a limp.
- The person in the centre with the trilby is undoubtedly my grandfather Jack Caton, because of his pronounced limp.
- William Gallas had to remain in the fray despite an injury that gave him an ever more pronounced limp.
- He was also wearing a pair of thin, silver-rimmed glasses and walks with a pronounced limp in his left leg.
- It didn't seem like a very big deal at the time, and in fact I had all but forgotten about it until I woke up this morning with a pronounced limp.
- A limp may develop, with associated stiffness.
- The limp can be related to an injury or sometimes may occur for no apparent reason.
- Testimony to the battering that his body took from falls are metal pins inserted in both arms, plates and screws holding his legs together, and a pronounced limp.
- The crowd that December night at the Boulder Theater included a man in a wheelchair with two broken ankles, a pair on crutches, and a handful of others with pronounced limps.
- They have a pitcher whose right leg is an inch shorter than his left leg, giving him a limp in his gait.
- He was gravely wounded in World War I, leaving him with a pronounced limp for the rest of his life.
- Earlier injuries would be crucial in identifying Uday, who was hit by 17 bullets in an assassination attempt in 1996 that left him with a limp.
- Later, at the Croatia team base further down the mountain, she shuffles up the stairs ahead of me with a pronounced limp.
- He walked to the sink with a slight limp from a battle injury he'd gotten years before either of his children had come to him, from nature or from science.
Synonyms lameness, hobble, uneven gait, shuffle
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘fall short of’): related to obsolete limphalt ‘lame’, and probably of Germanic origin. adjectivelɪmplimp 1Lacking internal strength or structure; not stiff or firm. she let her whole body go limp the flags hung limp and still Example sentencesExamples - In a fashion shoot called Doll Drums, the model lies limp and stiff, draped over chairs as if she'd been thrown there by a petulant child.
- Dori's body stiffened, and then she went limp, slumping to the floor.
- It was much larger than it had first appeared, and had dark red and blue feathers covering its limp body.
- Then he went limp, his hand slacked and his head sunk back.
- He wanted her limp body curled around a soft teddy bear now.
- Aaron's body went limp for a second, blood covering his mouth, then broke into spasms.
- Under his increasingly limp fingers, the antennae stiffened, then pulled back, away from his head.
- Raven watched as a limp arm was slid through the biggest of the board cracks to hang there like a piece of meat before him.
- A woman in her mid-fifties stood on a ladder organizing books on a top shelf, her stiff, dark hair long since made limp by the humidity.
- Suddenly, he had the urge to kiss her until she went soft and limp in his arms.
- Her head was limp and floppy and she hung like a rag doll.
- Forbes lifted the limp figure into his arms and placed him under the covers of the thick blankets.
- Sarah screamed hysterically as she pulled on her mother's limp arm, covered with deep cuts and bloodstains.
- Survivors, alone or in pairs, carried away limp victims covered with blood and sand.
- Avoid bunches that have thin, limp leaves that are pale-green or yellow or bunches with extremely large or blemished stalks.
- He threw Annabelle's limp body over his shoulder with sheer brute strength, and then proceeded into the dark room.
- Pramoto, a man with a soft face and a limp cigarette, lay sprawled on a rickshaw seat.
- As soon as he was safe from the sea's cold clutches, Arrigo covered his sister's limp form with his jacket, then collapsed beside her.
- I was pretty damn sure I had turned completely white; I felt stiff, limp, and heavy all at once.
- The cover of the tank opened, and Kompuu's limp body fell out.
Synonyms soft, flaccid, loose, slack, lacking firmness, lax, unfirm, pliable, not taut, relaxed - 1.1 Having or denoting a book cover that is not stiffened with board.
- 1.2 Without energy or will.
he was feeling too limp to argue Example sentencesExamples - The girl's brown eyes looked coolly at her, taking Manda's hand in a limp handshake.
- She had no energy left to direct Hawk and sat there limp and lifeless as a rag doll.
- Besides, there was food right here, all he had to do was hypnotize her, or hit her with enough psychic energy to make her limp and unconscious.
- Too tired to argue, I hung like a limp rag doll to his arm as he half carried me effortlessly through a maze of corridors.
- The handshake was moist and limp, the type that made any soldier or field officer cringe.
- Foster stared at her hand as if it was a snake, before she reluctantly took it in a limp handshake.
- Limp Handshakes annoy me intensely, I don't care who it's from.
- She said in a slurred voice while she went limp in his arms, she energy spent.
- This production could have used more aggressive direction from Barbara Larose to spark the limp energy of the cast.
- The most common blunders include being late for the interview, dirty finger nails, slouching in the seat and having a wet, limp handshake.
- She offered a limp handshake, maintaining eye contact with the wall space just above my head.
- His hand-shake was as limp as ever but even more damp.
- Zeke watched horrified, as Zhore went limp and his energy faded into nothingness.
- Her opposite hand shaking, she put it around the limp wrist.
- A limp handshake and a thank-you for rounding out the end of an otherwise mundane Sunday.
- Like a limp handshake, this beer lacked substance and character; however our pack on the next table seemed to be drinking it easily enough!
- If your entire body is achy, tired, and limp, you need to replenish your energies.
- Still feeling sick, he was completely limp without any energy.
Synonyms soft, flaccid, loose, slack, lacking firmness, lax, unfirm, pliable, not taut, relaxed tired, fatigued, weary, exhausted, worn out
Origin Early 18th century: of unknown origin; perhaps related to limp, having the basic sense ‘hanging loose’. |