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gimp

3   [gimp] Slang.
noun
1.
a limp.
2.
a person who limps; lame person.
verb (used without object)
3.
to limp; walk in a halting manner: a sprain that made her gimp for weeks.

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Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; origin uncertain

Related forms
gimp·y, adjective
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gimpy (ˈɡɪmpɪ)
 
—adj
the US equivalent of gammy

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Word Origin & History

gimp
1925, "a crippled leg," also "a crippled person," perhaps by association with limp.
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gimp definition

[gɪmp]
  1. n.
    a lame person. (Originally underworld. Rude and derogatory.) : Lefty tried to mug an old gimp with a cane.
  2. in.
    to limp about. : I'll gimp over there as soon as I can. It'll take a while on these crutches.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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gimpy definition

[ˈgɪmpi]
  1. mod.
    crippled; lame. : I got a gimpy leg. I'll catch up in a minute.
  2. n.
    a police officer. (Also a rude term of address. A pun on lame, an inept person.) : Here comes gimpy, swinging his stick.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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