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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.

Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; orig. uncert.


gimpy, adjective
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gimp 2   (gĭmp)   
n.  
  1. A limp or a limping gait.

  2. A person who limps.

intr.v.   gimped, gimp·ing, gimps
To walk with a limp.

[Origin unknown.]
gimp'y adj.
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