limp

limp
limp1
—limper, n. —limpingly, adv.
/limp/, v.i.
1. to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame.
2. to proceed in a lame, faltering, or labored manner: His writing limps from one cliché to another. The old car limped along.
3. to progress slowly and with great difficulty; make little or no advance: an economy that limps along at a level just above total bankruptcy.
n.
4. a lame movement or gait: The accident left him with a slight limp.
[1560-70; back formation from obs. limphault lame; OE lemphealt limping (see HALT2); akin to MHG limpfen to limp]
limp2
—limply, adv. —limpness, n.
/limp/, adj., limper, limpest.
1. lacking stiffness or firmness, as of substance, fiber, structure, or bodily frame: a limp body.
2. lacking vitality; weary; tired; fatigued: Limp with exhaustion, she dropped into the nearest chair.
3. without firmness, force, energy, etc., as of character: limp, spiritless prose.
4. flexible; not stiff or rigid: a Bible in a limp leather binding.
[1700-10; perh. < Scand; cf. Icel limpa slackness, limpilegur soft, flabby]
Syn. 1. flabby, flaccid, soft. 2, 3. feeble, weak.

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