Synonyms of the word gimp


GIMPCLAUDICATION - GAMENESS - HITCH - HOBBLE - LAMENESS - LIMP - LIMPING - WALK

gimp

  • n. A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse…
  • n. Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or…
  • n. The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
  • n. (dated, chiefly North Eastern US) Gumption; spirit; ambition; vigor; pep.
  • v. (of yarn, cord, thread, etc.) To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight…
  • v. (dated) To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.
  • n. (informal) A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
  • n. (informal) A crippled leg.
  • n. (informal) A limp or a limping gait.
  • n. (slang, derogatory) A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient…
  • n. (BDSM) A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism)…
  • v. (informal) To limp; to hobble.
  • adj. (dated, Scotland and N England) Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.

claudication

  • n. A temporary cramp-like pain in the calf muscles.
  • n. A specific limp caused by this pain.

gameness

  • n. The quality of being game; bravery, courage or pluck.

hitch

  • n. A sudden pull.
  • n. Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope . See List of hitch knots…
  • n. A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
  • n. (informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
  • n. A hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch.
  • n. A period of time. Most often refers to time spent in the military.
  • v. (transitive) To pull with a jerk.
  • v. (transitive) To attach, tie or fasten.
  • v. (informal) To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.
  • v. (informal, transitive) contraction of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.
  • v. (intransitive) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
  • v. (intransitive) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
  • v. (Britain) To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

hobble

  • n. Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing…
  • n. An unsteady, off-balance step.
  • v. To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
  • v. To walk lame, or unevenly.
  • v. (figuratively) To move roughly or irregularly.
  • v. To perplex; to embarrass.

lameness

  • n. An impediment to walking due to the feet or legs.
  • n. (informal) The quality of being lame, pathetic or uncool.

limp

  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To happen; befall; chance.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To come upon; meet.
  • adj. flaccid; flabby, like flesh.
  • adj. lacking stiffness; flimsy.
  • adj. (of a penis) not erect.
  • adj. (of a man) not having an erect penis.
  • adj. physically weak.
  • v. (intransitive) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
  • n. A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore…
  • v. (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
  • v. (poker slang, intransitive) To call.
  • n. An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
  • n. A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
  • n. A code-word among Jacobites, standing for Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of…

limping

  • v. present participle of limp.
  • n. The motion of one who limps.

walk

  • v. (intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the…
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial, law) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly…
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
  • v. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side…
  • v. (transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking.
  • v. (transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
  • v. (transitive) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
  • v. (transitive) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
  • v. (transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.
  • v. (transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
  • v. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
  • v. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet,…
  • v. (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
  • v. (transitive, historical) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
  • v. (transitive, informal, hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available…
  • n. A trip made by walking.
  • n. A distance walked.
  • n. (sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before…
  • n. A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
  • n. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
  • n. (poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling…
  • n. (baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known…
  • n. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
  • n. (historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
  • n. (historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
  • n. (graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding…
  • n. (colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.

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