limp
To limp is defined as to walk with difficulty, often dragging at least one leg due to injury.
(verb)When you walk after you hurt your ankle and cannot put pressure on it, this is an example of a situation where you limp.
The definition of limp is something that has lost stiffness or that is without energy and strength.
(adjective)- A person who lets all his muscles go slack is an example of a person who is limp.
- Lettuce that is old and wilty is an example of lettuce that would be described as limp.
See limp in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb
- to walk with or as with a lame or partially disabled leg
- to move or proceed unevenly, jerkily, or laboriously, as because of being impaired, defective, damaged, etc.
Origin: ME lympen < OE limpan, to befall, occur (in a specialized sense, to walk lamely), akin to MHG limpfen, to walk with a limp, OHG limfan, to befall, happen < IE *(s)lemb- < base *leb-, to hang down, be limp > slump, MHG lumpe, rag, L labor, limbus
noun
adjective
- lacking or having lost stiffness or body; flaccid, drooping, wilted, etc.
- lacking firmness, energy, or vigor
- flexible, as the binding of some books
Origin: < base of limp, akin to MHG lampen, to hang limply
See limp in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb limped, limp·ing, limps
- To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg.
- To move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily: The project limped along with half its previous funding.
- Lacking or having lost rigidity, as of structure or substance.
- Lacking strength or firmness; weak or spiritless; a limp handshake; limp opposition.
Origin:
Origin: Probably from obsolete lymphault, lame
Origin: , from Old English lemphealt
Origin: : lemp-, hanging loosely
Origin: + -healt, lame, limping
.Related Forms:
- limpˈly adverb
- limpˈness noun
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