limp

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To move or proceed irregularly.
4. (intransitive, 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, resembling flesh.
2. Lacking stiffness; flimsy.
3. (slang) Not erect.
4. (slang) Not having an erection.
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)

Conceptos

cojear

flojo

cojera

lisiar

renquear

lacio

flácido

claudicar

brincar

caído

colgado

lánguido

laso

😩

mustio

tambalear

hacerse cojo

brincar a un pie

saltar sobre un pie

blanda

arrastrar

flácida

arrastrarse

deslizarse

flexible

fofa

fofo

resbalar

rodar

Sinónimos

hobble

soft

flabby

flaccid

be lame

lame

hitch

halt

gimp

wilted

weak

slack

hop

loose

tender

supple

lameness

limping

droopy

walk with a limp

stagger

walk lame

stumble

go lame

claudication

faint

crippled

enervated

weak-willed

completely exhausted

walk lamely

listless

lacking willpower

drooping

flimsy

lax

sick

🤢

dot and go one

inert

indolent

imbalance

fatigued

hobbled

scoot

sallow

powerless

halting

exhausted

dead tired

paralysed

Traducciones

boiter

zoppicare

hinken

hinken

mancar

κουτσαίνω

coxear

coixejar

kreupel lopen

lahmen

clopiner

mou

schlapp

claudiquer

boitement

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/lɪmp/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: limpen

Heredado de inglés antiguo: limpan

Cognado con bajo alemán: lumpen

Cognado con alto alemán medio: limpfen

Cognado con alemán: lampen

Cognado con islandés: limpa

Heredado de inglés medio: *limp

Heredado de inglés antiguo: *lemp

Cognado con alemán: lampecht

Cognado con islandés: 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”).