limp
Betekenis (Engels)
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- To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
- To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
- To move or proceed irregularly.
- (slang) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
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Synoniemen
be lame
walk lame
walk with a limp
go lame
lacking willpower
completely exhausted
walk lamely
dot and go one
crawl along
flaggy
move up and down
slip and fall
hanging down
unfavorable progress
unfavourable progress
dreadfully weary
terribly frustrated
loose-jointed
hop on one foot
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/lɪmp/
Etymologie (Engels)
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”).
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