limp

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
2. To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
3. To move or proceed irregularly.
4. (slang) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.

Noun

1. An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
2. A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.

Adj

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

Noun

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.

Phrase

Acronym of Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales. (a code-word among Jacobites)

Sinonieme

hobble

soft

flaccid

flabby

be lame

lame

hitch

halt

gimp

weak

wilted

slack

tender

loose

supple

hop

lameness

walk lame

droopy

limping

stumble

stagger

walk with a limp

go lame

listless

faint

claudication

drooping

flimsy

sick

🤢

lacking willpower

lax

enervated

weak-willed

completely exhausted

crippled

walk lamely

dot and go one

smooth

spiritless

stump

subdued

tiptoe

tired

😫

toddle

totter

trail

unrefreshed

waddle

walk

🚶

washed-out

weakfish

weary

😩

wobble

buckteeth

crawl along

cross-eyes

flaggy

move up and down

slip and fall

hanging down

e.g.

unfavorable progress

unfavourable progress

dreadfully weary

terribly frustrated

loose-jointed

loppy

hop on one foot

atonic

lennow

baggy

crawl

cripple

dead tired

dodder

dog-tired

exhausted

fatigued

flexible

founder

gentle

halting

hobbled

imbalance

indolent

inert

injury

lackadaisical

languid

lazy

leap

lethargic

lifeless

meek

move over

paralysed

powerless

sallow

scoot

sear

senseless

shiftless

shuffle

skip

slip

slothful

sluggish

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/lɪmp/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: limpen

Geërf van Old English: limpan

Verwante met Nederduits: lumpen

Verwante met Middle High German: limpfen

Verwante met Duits: lampen

Verwante met Yslands: limpa

Geërf van Middle English: *limp

Geërf van Old English: *lemp

Verwante met Duits: lampecht

Verwante met Yslands: lempinn

In summary

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”).