limp

7 definitions found

limp - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Limp \Limp\ (l[i^]mp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Limped (l[i^]mt;
     215); p. pr. & vb. n. Limping.] [Cf. AS. lemphealt lame,
     OHG. limphen to limp, be weak; perh. akin to E. lame, or to
     limp, a [root]120.]
     To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively. --Shak.
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  Limp \Limp\, n.
     A manner of walking in which the movement of one or both legs
     is noticeably abnormal, usually due to injury or disease; a
     halt; the act of limping.
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  Limp \Limp\, n. (Ore Washing)
     A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
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  Limp \Limp\, a. [Cf. Icel. limpa limpness, weakness, and E. lap,
     n., lop, v. t. Cf. Limber, a.]
     1. Flaccid; flabby, as flesh. --Walton.
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     2. Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.
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limp - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  limp
      adj 1: not firm; "wilted lettuce" [syn: limp, wilted]
      2: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "gave a limp
         handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to
         know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"
      n 1: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured
           leg [syn: hitch, hobble, limp]
      v 1: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The
           old woman hobbles down to the store every day" [syn:
           limp, gimp, hobble, hitch]
      2: proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the
         harbor"

limp - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  LIMP
  
     ["Messages in Typed Languages", J. Hunt et al, SIGPLAN Notices
     14(1):27-45 (Jan 1979)].
  

limp - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  202 Moby Thesaurus words for "limp":
     amble, andante, anemic, asthenic, bagging, baggy, ballooning,
     barge, bloodless, bowl along, bundle, chicken, claudicate,
     claudication, clump, cowardly, cower, crawl, creep, dead march,
     debilitated, dodder, doddering, dogtrot, drag, drag along,
     drag out, droop, drooping, droopy, dull, effete, enervated,
     etiolated, exhausted, faint, faintish, falter, faltering, fatigued,
     feeble, flabby, flaccid, flexible, flimsy, floppy, flounce, foot,
     footpace, footslog, frail, funeral march, gait, gallop, gimp,
     go dead slow, go slow, gone, gutless, halt, hippety-hop, hitch,
     hobble, hobbling, hop, idle, imbecile, impotent, inch, inch along,
     ineffective, ineffectual, jog, jog trot, jog-trot, jolt, jump,
     lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, lax, laze,
     leisurely gait, limber, listless, lock step, loose, lop, lop-eared,
     loppy, lukewarm, lumber, lumbering pace, lunge, lurch, lustless,
     marrowless, mince, mincing steps, mosey, muddle, namby-pamby,
     nerveless, nodding, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, pithless,
     pliable, plod, poke, poke along, pooped, powerless, prance, quiver,
     rack, relaxed, roll, rubbery, sagging, sagging in folds, saggy,
     sapless, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shake, shamble,
     shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, sinewless, single-foot, skip, slack,
     sleazy, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow march, slow motion,
     slowness, soft, spent, spineless, spiritless, stagger,
     stagger along, staggering, stalk, stamp, step, stomp, straddle,
     straggle, strengthless, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut,
     stumble, stump, supple, swag, swagger, swing, teeter, tired,
     tittup, toddle, toddle along, totter, totter along, tottering,
     traipse, tread, tremble, trip, trot, trudge, unhardened, unnerved,
     unstrung, velocity, waddle, walk, wamble, wasted, weak, weakly,
     wiggle, wobble, worm, worm along, worn out