cripple
21cripple — 1 noun (C) 1 an offensive word for someone who is physically unable to use their arms or their legs properly 2 emotional cripple informal someone who is not able to deal with their own or other people s feelings compare disabled 2 verb (T) 1 to… …
22cripple — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cripel, from Old English crypel; akin to Old English crēopan to creep more at creep Date: before 12th century 1. a. sometimes offensive a lame or partly disabled person or animal b. one that is disabled or… …
23cripple — 01. The sidewalks of the city are crowded with [cripples] begging for coins. 02. The Coast Guard has rescued forty sailors from a [crippled] freighter off the coast of Newfoundland. 03. She has been in bed for weeks with a [crippling] case of… …
24cripple — crip|ple1 [ krıpl ] noun count OFFENSIVE an offensive word for someone who is physically disabled, especially someone who is unable to walk cripple crip|ple 2 [ krıpl ] verb transitive 1. ) to make someone physically disabled, especially unable… …
25cripple — [OE] The etymological sense of cripple appears to be ‘someone who creeps along’, for it probably goes back ultimately to the same Indo European base, *greub , as creep. The word is widespread in the Germanic languages: German has kruppel, Dutch… …
26cripple — noun archaic or offensive a person who is unable to walk or move properly through disability or injury. verb make unable to move or walk properly. ↘cause severe and disabling damage to. Derivatives crippledom noun crippler noun Origin OE: from… …
27cripple — [ˈkrɪp(ə)l] verb [T] I 1) to destroy something or damage it severely 2) to make someone physically disabled II noun [C] offensive cripple [ˈkrɪp(ə)l] an offensive word for someone who is physically disabled …
28cripple — /ˈkrɪpəl / (say kripuhl) noun 1. someone who is partially or wholly deprived of the use of one or more limbs; a lame person. 2. an animal which is disabled by disease, old age, etc., especially one which cannot keep up with the herd. –verb (t)… …
29cripple — [OE] The etymological sense of cripple appears to be ‘someone who creeps along’, for it probably goes back ultimately to the same Indo European base, *greub , as creep. The word is widespread in the Germanic languages: German has kruppel, Dutch… …
30cripple — n. & v. n. a person who is permanently lame. v.tr. 1 make a cripple of; lame. 2 disable, impair. 3 weaken or damage (an institution, enterprise, etc.) seriously (crippled by the loss of funding). Derivatives: crippledom n. cripplehood n. crippler …
