limp
Meaning of limp
verb
- walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot.
he limped heavily as he moved
he limped off during Saturday's game
the conversation limped on for half an hour
- a tendency to limp; a gait impeded by injury or stiffness.
the accident left him with a pronounced limp
late Middle English (in the sense ‘fall short of’): related to obsolete limphalt ‘lame’, and probably of Germanic origin.
adjective- lacking internal strength or structure; not stiff or firm.
she let her whole body go limp
the flags hung limp and still
early 18th century: of unknown origin; perhaps related to limp1, having the basic sense ‘hanging loose’.
Information about limp
- The plural form of limp is: limps.
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Hyphenation of limp
limp
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- limp is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
limp synonyms
Meaning flaccid:
Meaning wilted:
Meaning hitch:
Meaning gimp:
Meaning lose strength or momentum:
Meaning walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground:
Meaning (of a person) move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait:
Meaning move in a feeble or unsteady way:
Meaning move in a feeble or unsteady way, especially because of old age:
Meaning walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall:
Meaning trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall:
Meaning walk with a limp; hobble:
Meaning limping:
Meaning easy to mould, cut, compress, or fold; not hard or firm to the touch:
Meaning not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached:
Meaning not solid or secure:
Meaning easily bent; flexible:
Meaning free from tension and anxiety:
Meaning tending to flop or hang loosely:
Meaning bend or hang downwards limply:
Meaning hanging down limply; drooping:
Meaning sinking or bulging downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength:
Meaning suspended in the air:
Meaning hanging down loosely:
limp antonyms
Meaning having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure:
Meaning not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid:
Anagrams of limp
Words that rhyme with limp
Blimp, blimp, flimp, Glimp, unlimp
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