limp

Meaning

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)

Synonyms

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

Translations

boiter

zoppicare

cojear

hinken

hinken

mancar

κουτσαίνω

flojo

cojera

coixejar

coxear

kreupel lopen

lahmen

claudiquer

clopiner

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɪmp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: limpen

Inherited from Old English: limpan

Cognate with Low German: lumpen

Cognate with Middle High German: limpfen

Cognate with German: lampen

Cognate with Icelandic: limpa

Inherited from Middle English: *limp

Inherited from Old English: *lemp

Cognate with German: lampecht

Cognate with Icelandic: 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”).