limp

verb

/lɪmp/

Etymology

From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“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”).

inherited from *(s)lemb-✻
inherited from *limpaną✻ — “to hang down”
inherited from *limpan✻
inherited from limpan
inherited from limpen — “to fall short”

Definitions

To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
2
To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
- The bomber limped home on one engine.
3
To move or proceed irregularly.
- limping verses
- The business limped through the recession
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1. To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
2. 5
  An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
  - She walks with a limp.
3. A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
4. Flaccid
  Flaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.
5. 8
  Lacking stiffness
  Lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy.
  - a limp rope
6. 9
  Soft
  Soft; weak, in special physically weak.
  - 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.
7. Not erect.
8. Not having an erection.
9. To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
10. A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for…
  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.
11. To happen
  To happen; befall; chance.
12. To come upon
  To come upon; meet.
13. 16
  Acronym of Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales (a code-word…
  Acronym of Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales (a code-word among Jacobites)
  - Even if he were set at liberty, what could he do but haunt Jacobite coffeehouses, squeeze oranges, and drink the health of Limp?

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Derived

limpard, limper, limp in, limping iamb, limple, Alexandra limp, Alexandrian limp, limpless, limplike, limpsome, limpdick, limp-dick, limp dick, limp-dickedness, limpish, limply, limpness, limp of the wrist, limp-wrist, limpwrist, limp-wristed, limpy, belimp

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at limp. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at limp. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at limp

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA