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limp
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Etymology 1
From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpan? (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lemb?- (“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”).
Verb
limp (third-person singular simple present limps, present participle limping, simple past and past participle limped)
- (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
- (intransitive, figuratively, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
- The bomber limped home on one engine.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or proceed irregularly.
- limping verses
- The business limped through the recession
- (poker slang, intransitive) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
Derived terms
- limpard
- limper
Translations
Noun
limp (plural limps)
- An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
- She walks with a limp.
- A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (recorded only in compound lemphealt (“limping”), from Proto-Germanic *limpan? (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lemb?- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with German lampecht (“flaccid, limp”), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur (“pliable, gentle”). See above.
Adjective
limp (comparative limper, superlative limpest)
- flaccid; flabby, like flesh.
- lacking stiffness; flimsy
- a limp rope
- (of a penis) not erect
- (of a man) not having an erect penis
- physically weak
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [2]
- Another line-out was stolen, and when the ball was sent left Clerc stepped and spun through limp challenges from Wilkinson, Chris Ashton and Foden to dive over and make it 11-0.
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [2]
Derived terms
- limp-dick
- limp of the wrist
- limp-wrist
- limp-wristed
Translations
Verb
limp (third-person singular simple present limps, present participle limping, simple past and past participle limped)
- (intransitive) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
Noun
limp (plural limps)
- 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.
Etymology 3
From Middle English limpen, from Old English limpan (“to happen, occur, exist, belong to, suit, befit, concern”), from Proto-Germanic *limpan? (“to glide, go, suit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lemb?- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with Scots limp (“to chance to be, come”), Middle Dutch limpen (“to happen”), Middle Low German gelimpen (“to moderate, treat mildly”), Middle High German limfen (“to suit, become”).
Verb
limp (third-person singular simple present limps, present participle limping, simple past lamp or limped, past participle lump or limped)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To happen; befall; chance.
- (obsolete, transitive) To come upon; meet.
Derived terms
- belimp
Etymology 4
Alternative forms
- Limp
Phrase
limp
- (historical) Acronym of Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales. (a code-word among Jacobites)
References
Anagrams
- IPML, impl, pilm, plim
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
- linp
Etymology
From a derivative of Latin lampas. Compare Italian lampo.
Noun
limp m
- lightning
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limy
English
Etymology
lime +? -y
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l??.mi/
- Rhymes: -a?mi
- Homophone: limey
Adjective
limy (comparative limier, superlative limiest)
- containing or resembling lime
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 6:
- Limy muds accumulated there as sediments, and entombed the remains of the animals living on the sea-floor.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 6:
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