limp

Meaning of limp

verb
  1. walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot.
    he limped heavily as he moved
    he limped off during Saturday's game
    the conversation limped on for half an hour
noun
  1. a tendency to limp; a gait impeded by injury or stiffness.
    the accident left him with a pronounced limp

late Middle English (in the sense ‘fall short of’): related to obsolete limphalt ‘lame’, and probably of Germanic origin.

adjective
  1. lacking internal strength or structure; not stiff or firm.
    she let her whole body go limp
    the flags hung limp and still

early 18th century: of unknown origin; perhaps related to limp1, having the basic sense ‘hanging loose’.

Information about limp

  • The plural form of limp is: limps.
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Hyphenation of limp

limp

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • limp is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

limp synonyms

Meaning flaccid:

flaccid, lax, slack

Meaning wilted:

wilted

Meaning hitch:

hitch, hobble

Meaning gimp:

gimp, hobble, hitch

Meaning lose strength or momentum:

falter

Meaning walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground:

shuffle

Meaning (of a person) move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait:

shamble

Meaning move in a feeble or unsteady way:

totter

Meaning move in a feeble or unsteady way, especially because of old age:

dodder

Meaning walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall:

stagger

Meaning trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall:

stumble

Meaning walk with a limp; hobble:

hirple

Meaning limping:

claudication

Meaning easy to mould, cut, compress, or fold; not hard or firm to the touch:

soft

Meaning not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached:

loose

Meaning not solid or secure:

unfirm

Meaning easily bent; flexible:

pliable

Meaning free from tension and anxiety:

relaxed

Meaning tending to flop or hang loosely:

floppy

Meaning bend or hang downwards limply:

drooping

Meaning hanging down limply; drooping:

droopy

Meaning sinking or bulging downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength:

sagging

Meaning suspended in the air:

hanging

Meaning hanging down loosely:

pendulous

limp antonyms

Meaning having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure:

firm

Meaning not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid:

stiff

Anagrams of limp

pilm, plim

Words that rhyme with limp

Blimp, blimp, flimp, Glimp, unlimp

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