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Definitions for Limp

[1] to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame.
[2] to proceed in a lame, faltering, or labored manner: His writing limps from one cliché to another. The old car limped along.
[3] to progress slowly and with great difficulty; make little or no advance: an economy that limps along at a level just above total bankruptcy.
[4] a lame movement or gait: The accident left him with a slight limp.
[5] lacking stiffness or firmness, as of substance, fiber, structure, or bodily frame: a limp body.
[6] lacking vitality; weary; tired; fatigued: Limp with exhaustion, she dropped into the nearest chair.
[7] without firmness, force, energy, etc., as of character: limp, spiritless prose.
[8] flexible; not stiff or rigid: a Bible in a limp leather binding.
[9] to walk with an uneven step, esp with a weak or injured leg
[10] to advance in a labouring or faltering manner
[11] an uneven walk or progress
[12] not firm or stiff
[13] not energetic or vital
[14] (of the binding of a book) not stiffened with boards

Words related to Limp

supple, listless, soft, flabby, hitch, shuffle, waddle, falter, stagger, hop, hobble, stumble, bending, plastic, wearied, debilitated, weakened, tired, exhausted, relaxed

Words nearby Limp

limonene, limonite, limousin, limousine, limousine liberal, limp, limp wrist, limp-wristed, limpet, limpid, limpkin

Origin of Limp

21700–10; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Icelandic limpa slackness, limpilegur soft, flabby

Other words from Limp

limp·er , noun
limp·ing·ly , adverb
limp·ly , adverb
limp·ness , noun

Word origin for Limp

C18: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Icelandic limpa looseness

Synonyms for Limp

flabby, listless, soft, supple, bending, debilitated, drooping, enervated, exhausted, flimsy, floppy, languishing, limber, loose, plastic, relaxed, slack, spent, tired, weakened, wearied, yielding, droopy, ductile, feeble, flaccid, flexible, flexuous, impressible, infirm, languid, lax, lethargic, pliable, pliant, spiritless, unsubstantial, worn out