limp
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Is limp a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of limp?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.Examples: "Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley."intransitive
2. (intransitive, figurative, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.Examples: "The bomber limped home on one engine."figurativelyintransitive
3. (intransitive, figurative) To move or proceed irregularly.Examples: "limping verses"; "The business limped through the recession"; "I think, too, of other organizations that are doing much good work for us, and maybe with words are cheered on, but when it comes to the dollars and cents, few are willing to make any sort of sacrifice to put their money where their mouth is. The National Gay Task Force is an excellent example... drawing on the support of gay people in fifty states, yet having to limp along on $65,000 a year budgets. Organizations like Christian Cause, that would wipe us out if they could, draw ten times that amount with little effort."figurativelyintransitive
4. (poker slang, intransitive) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.intransitiveslang
adj (English)
1. (slang, of a penis) Not erect.slang
2. (slang, of a man) Not having an erection.slang
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, stative) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.intransitivestative
verb (English)
1. (obsolete, intransitive) To happen; befall; chance.intransitiveobsolete
2. (obsolete, transitive) To come upon; meet.obsoletetransitive
phrase (English)
1. (historical) Acronym of Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales (a code-word among Jacobites)Examples: "To intimidate the people, you drew up Resolves, and an Address to his Majesty, founded on evidence from Governor Barnard, the Commissioners of Revenue, Custom-house Officers, and a few poor, expectant and dependent creatures, whom your Limp corresponds with in Boston; and thereby, having imposed upon, and deceived the legislature, sanctified your despotism, at the expence of their last Liberties;"; "Even if he were set at liberty, what could he do but haunt Jacobite coffeehouses, squeeze oranges, and drink the health of Limp?"abbreviationacronymalt-ofhistorical
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