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Definition limp

Etymology 1

From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpan? (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lemb?- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with Low German lumpen (“to limp”), Middle High German limpfen (“to hobble, limp”), dialectal German lampen (“to hang down loosely”), Icelandic limpa (“limpness, weakness”).

Verb

limp (third-person singular simple present limps, present participle limping, simple past and past participle limped)

1. (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
2. (intransitive, figuratively, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
3. (intransitive, figuratively) To move or proceed irregularly.
4. (poker slang, intransitive) To call.

Noun

limp (plural limps)

1. An irregular, jerky or awkward gait
2. A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve
3. A code-word among Jacobites, standing for Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (recorded only in compound lemphealt (“limping”), from Proto-Germanic *limpan? (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lemb?- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with German lampecht (“flaccid, limp”), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur (“pliable, gentle”). See above.

Adjective

limp (comparative limper, superlative limpest)

1. flaccid; flabby, like flesh.
2. lacking stiffness; flimsy
3. (of a penis) not erect
4. (of a man) not having an erect penis
5. physically weak

Verb

limp (third-person singular simple present limps, present participle limping, simple past and past participle limped)

1. (intransitive) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.

Noun

limp (plural limps)

1. 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.

Etymology 3

From Middle English limpen, from Old English limpan (“to happen, occur, exist, belong to, suit, befit, concern”), from Proto-Germanic *limpan? (“to glide, go, suit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lemb?- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with Scots limp (“to chance to be, come”), Middle Dutch limpen (“to happen”), Middle Low German gelimpen (“to moderate, treat mildly”), Middle High German limfen (“to suit, become”).

Verb

limp (third-person singular simple present limps, present participle limping, simple past lamp or limped, past participle lump or limped)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To happen; befall; chance.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To come upon; meet.

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