limp
VerbSubstantivAdjektivVerbSubstantivVerbRedewendunghäufig in Dialogen
- //lɪmp//
To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
Verb
- 1
To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.
- 2
übertragenTo travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
The bomber limped home on one engine.
- 3
übertragenTo move or proceed irregularly.
limping verses
The business limped through the recession
And so we limped along for another month or two, pretending we still had a reason to be together.
- 4
SlangTo call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
Herkunft
From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with Low German lumpen (“to limp”), Middle High German limpfen (“to hobble, limp”), dialectal German lampen (“to hang down loosely”), Icelandic limpa (“limpness, weakness”).
Substantiv
- 1
An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
She walks with a limp.
- 2
A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
Adjektiv
- 1
Flaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.
- 2
Lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy.
a limp rope
- 3
Soft; weak, in special physically weak.
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.
- 4
SlangNot erect.
- 5
SlangNot having an erection.
Herkunft
From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (recorded only in compound lemphealt (“limping”), from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with German lampecht (“flaccid, limp”), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur (“pliable, gentle”). See above.
Verb
- 1
To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
Substantiv
- 1
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.
Verb
- 1
veraltetTo happen; befall; chance.
- 2
veraltetTo come upon; meet.
Herkunft
From Middle English limpen, from Old English limpan (“to happen, occur, exist, belong to, suit, befit, concern”). Cognate with Scots limp (“to chance to be, come”), Middle Dutch limpen (“to happen”), Middle Low German gelimpen (“to moderate, treat mildly”), Middle High German limfen (“to suit, become”).
Redewendung
- 1
Variante von Louis XIVhistorischAcronym of Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales (a code-word among Jacobites)
To intimidate the people, you drew up Resolves, and an Address to his Majesty, founded on evidence from Governor Barnard, the Commissioners of Revenue, Custom-house Officers, and a few poor, expectant and dependent creatures, whom your Limp corresponds with in Boston; and thereby, having imposed upon, and deceived the legislature, sanctified your despotism, at the expence of their last Liberties;
Even if he were set at liberty, what could he do but haunt Jacobite coffeehouses, squeeze oranges, and drink the health of Limp?
Formen
- Plural
- limps
- Komparativ
- limper
- Superlativ
- limpest
- Präteritum
- limped, lamp
- Partizip II
- limped, lump
- Partizip I
- limping
- 3. Person Singular
- limps
limp · To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
limping · The motion of one who limps.lin · To desist, to stop, to cease.Lin · A male or female given name.