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limping |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Limp \Limp\ (l[i^]mp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Limped} (l[i^]mt; 215); p. pr & vb n. {Limping}.] [Cf. AS lemphealt lame, OHG. limphen to limp, be weak; perh. akin to E. lame, or to limp, a [root]120.] To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: limping n : disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet [syn: {lameness}, {gimp}, {gimpiness}, {gameness}, {claudication}]
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