Sekirov Dictionary

limp

/lɪmp/

adjective 5
verb 7
noun 3
phrase 1
forms 9
phrases 1

adjective5

Flaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.
Lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy.
Not erect.
(slang) Not having an erection.
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Soft; weak, especially physically.
- Another line-out was stolen, and when the ball was sent left Clerc stepped and spun through limp challenges from Wilkinson, Chris Ashton and Foden to dive over and make it 11-0. — 2011

verb7

To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
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(figurative) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
- The bomber limped home on one engine.
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(figurative) To move or proceed irregularly.
- limping verses
- The business limped through the recession
To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
(slang) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
(no longer used) To happen; befall; chance.
(no longer used) To come upon; meet.

noun3

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An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
- She walks with a limp.
A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.

phrase1

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(historical) Acronym of Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales (a code-word among Jacobites)
- Even if he were set at liberty, what could he do but haunt Jacobite coffeehouses, squeeze oranges, and drink the health of Limp? — 1915

forms

limped · lamp · lump · limping · limpeth · limps · limpest · limper · limpest

Phrases with limp

limp in
Before the flop, to call as opposed to raising.

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