cripple
11cripple — meaning ‘a person who is permanently lame’ is now regarded as offensive. Use disabled person instead …
12Cripple — A cripple is a person or animal with a physical disability, particularly one who is unable to walk because of an injury or illness. The word was recorded as early as 950 AD, and derives from the Proto Germanic krupilaz.[1] The German and Dutch… …
13cripple — crip•ple [[t]ˈkrɪp əl[/t]] n. v. pled, pling. usage: The term cripple in the sense of “a lame or disabled person” is usually perceived as offensive and is not used very often nowadays. The noun cripple and the adjective crippled have largely been …
14cripple — [[t]krɪ̱p(ə)l[/t]] cripples, crippling, crippled 1) N COUNT A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple. [OFFENSIVE] She has gone from being a healthy, fit, and sporty young woman to… …
15cripple — crippler, n. cripplingly, adv. /krip euhl/, n., v., crippled, crippling, adj. n. 1. Sometimes Offensive. a. a person or animal that is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs; a lame or disabled person or animal. b. a person who is… …
16cripple — I UK [ˈkrɪp(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms cripple : singular cripple plural cripples offensive an offensive word for someone who is physically disabled, especially someone who is unable to walk II UK [ˈkrɪp(ə)l] / US verb [transitive]… …
17cripple — 1. adjective /kɹɪpl/ Crippled. And chide the cripple tardy gaited night, who, like a foul and ugly witch, doth limp so tediously away. 2. noun /kɹɪpl/ a) a person who has severe impairment in his physical abilities because of deformation …
18cripple — crip·ple krip əl n sometimes offensive a lame or partly disabled individual cripple adj being a cripple: LAME cripple vt, crip·pled; crip·pling (ə) liŋ to deprive of the use of a limb and esp. a leg <crippled by arthritis> …
19cripple — verb 1 injure ADVERB ▪ for life, permanently ▪ As a child she contracted polio and was crippled for life. ▪ emotionally PHRASES ▪ be crippled with …
20cripple — crip|ple1 [ˈkrıpəl] n [: Old English; Origin: crypel] 1.) old fashioned someone who is unable to walk properly because their legs are damaged or injured now considered offensive →↑disabled 2.) emotional cripple informal someone who cannot express …
