'Limp' definitions:
Definition of 'limp'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not firm; "wilted lettuce" [syn: limp, wilted]
adjective
Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"
noun
verb
Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day" [syn: limp, gimp, hobble, hitch]
verb
Proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the harbor"
Definition of 'Limp'
From: GCIDE
- Limp \Limp\, n. A manner of walking in which the movement of one or both legs is noticeably abnormal, usually due to injury or disease; a halt; the act of limping. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Limp'
From: GCIDE
- Limp \Limp\, n. (Ore Washing) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Limp'
From: GCIDE
- Limp \Limp\, a. [Cf. Icel. limpa limpness, weakness, and E. lap, n., lop, v. t. Cf. Limber, a.]
- 1. Flaccid; flabby, as flesh. --Walton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Limp'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'limp'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amble,
- andante,
- anemic,
- asthenic,
- bagging,
- baggy,
- ballooning,
- barge,
- bloodless,
- bowl along,
- bundle,
- chicken,
- claudicate,
- claudication,
- clump,
- cowardly,
- cower,
- crawl,
- creep,
- dead march,
- debilitated,
- dodder,
- doddering,
- dogtrot,
- drag,
- drag along,
- drag out,
- droop,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- dull,
- effete,
- enervated,
- etiolated,
- exhausted,
- faint,
- faintish,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fatigued,
- feeble,
- flabby,
- flaccid,
- flexible,
- flimsy,
- floppy,
- flounce,
- foot,
- footpace,
- footslog,
- frail,
- funeral march,
- gait,
- gallop,
- gimp,
- go dead slow,
- go slow,
- gone,
- gutless,
- halt,
- hippety-hop,
- hitch,
- hobble,
- hobbling,
- hop,
- idle,
- imbecile,
- impotent,
- inch,
- inch along,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- jog,
- jog trot,
- jog-trot,
- jolt,
- jump,
- lackadaisical,
- languid,
- languishing,
- languorous,
- lax,
- laze,
- leisurely gait,
- limber,
- listless,
- lock step,
- loose,
- lop,
- lop-eared,
- loppy,
- lukewarm,
- lumber,
- lumbering pace,
- lunge,
- lurch,
- lustless,
- marrowless,
- mince,
- mincing steps,
- mosey,
- muddle,
- namby-pamby,
- nerveless,
- nodding,
- pace,
- paddle,
- peg,
- piaffe,
- piaffer,
- pithless,
- pliable,
- plod,
- poke,
- poke along,
- pooped,
- powerless,
- prance,
- quiver,
- rack,
- relaxed,
- roll,
- rubbery,
- sagging,
- sagging in folds,
- saggy,
- sapless,
- sashay,
- saunter,
- scuff,
- scuffle,
- scuttle,
- shake,
- shamble,
- shuffle,
- shuffle along,
- sidle,
- sinewless,
- single-foot,
- skip,
- slack,
- sleazy,
- slink,
- slither,
- slog,
- slouch,
- slow march,
- slow motion,
- slowness,
- soft,
- spent,
- spineless,
- spiritless,
- stagger,
- stagger along,
- staggering,
- stalk,
- stamp,
- step,
- stomp,
- straddle,
- straggle,
- strengthless,
- stride,
- stroll,
- strolling gait,
- strut,
- stumble,
- stump,
- supple,
- swag,
- swagger,
- swing,
- teeter,
- tired,
- tittup,
- toddle,
- toddle along,
- totter,
- totter along,
- tottering,
- traipse,
- tread,
- tremble,
- trip,
- trot,
- trudge,
- unhardened,
- unnerved,
- unstrung,
- velocity,
- waddle,
- walk,
- wamble,
- wasted,
- weak,
- weakly,
- wiggle,
- wobble,
- worm,
- worm along,
- worn out