limping
Meaning of limping
noun
- the action of walking with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot.
she does not know exactly what caused her limping
- walking with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot.
the video clip shows a limping gunman
inflation will remain subdued amid a limping economy
- 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
late Middle English (in the sense ‘fall short of’): related to obsolete limphalt ‘lame’, and probably of Germanic origin.
Information about limping
- The plural form of limping is: limpings.
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Hyphenation of limping
limp-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- limping is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
limping synonyms
Meaning lameness:
lameness, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, claudication
Meaning walk in an awkward way, typically because of pain from an injury:
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:
Anagrams of limping
Words that rhyme with limping
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