Synonyms of the word limp


LIMPCONTINUE - FLACCID - GAIT - GIMP - HITCH - HOBBLE - LAX - PROCEED - SLACK - STALE - WALK - WEAK - WILTED

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…

continue

  • v. (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
  • v. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
  • v. (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position etc.
  • v. (intransitive) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
  • v. (intransitive) To resume.
  • v. (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
  • v. (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
  • n. (video games) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.
  • n. (programming) a statement which causes a loop to start executing the next iteration, skipping the statements…

flaccid

  • adj. Flabby.
  • adj. Soft; floppy.
  • adj. Lacking energy or vigor.

gait

  • n. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
  • n. (horses) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
  • v. To teach a specific gait to a horse.

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.

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.

lax

  • n. (now chiefly Britain dialectal, Scotland) A salmon.
  • adj. lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
  • adj. loose; not tight or taut.
  • adj. lacking care; neglectful, negligent.
  • adj. (archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
  • adj. (mathematics) Describing an associative monoidal functor.
  • n. (slang) Lacrosse.

proceed

  • v. (intransitive) To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
  • v. (intransitive) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
  • v. (intransitive) To come from (have as the source or origin).
  • v. (intransitive) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures;…
  • v. (intransitive) To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
  • v. (intransitive, of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
  • v. (law, intransitive) To begin and carry on a legal process.

slack

  • n. (uncountable) Small coal; coal dust.
  • n. (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
  • n. (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
  • n. (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.
  • adj. Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.
  • adj. Weak; not holding fast.
  • adj. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
  • adj. Not violent, rapid, or pressing.
  • adj. (slang, West Indies) vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
  • adv. Slackly.
  • v. To slacken.
  • v. (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
  • v. (followed by “off”) to procrastinate; to be lazy.
  • v. (followed by “off”) to refuse to exert effort.
  • v. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.

stale

  • adj. (alcohol, obsolete) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
  • adj. No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
  • adj. No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed,…
  • adj. No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
  • adj. (agriculture, obsolete) Fallow, in reference to land.
  • adj. (law) Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
  • adj. Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
  • adj. (finance) Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
  • n. (colloquial) Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
  • v. (of alcohol, obsolete, transitive) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially…
  • v. (transitive) To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest…
  • v. (intransitive) To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
  • v. (alcohol, intransitive) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
  • n. A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.).
  • n. (dialectal) The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
  • n. (botany, obsolete) The stem of a plant.
  • n. The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
  • n. (military, obsolete) A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
  • n. (chess, uncommon) A stalemate; a stalemated game.
  • n. (military, obsolete) An ambush.
  • n. (obsolete) A band of armed men or hunters.
  • n. (Scotland, military, obsolete) The main force of an army.
  • adj. (chess, obsolete) At a standstill; stalemated.
  • v. (chess, uncommon, transitive) To stalemate.
  • v. (chess, obsolete, intransitive) To be stalemated.
  • n. (livestock, obsolete) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
  • v. (livestock, obsolete, intransitive) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
  • n. (falconry, hunting, obsolete) A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
  • n. (obsolete) Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
  • n. (crime, obsolete) An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
  • n. (obsolete) a partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
  • n. (obsolete) A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. …
  • n. (crime, obsolete) A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
  • n. (hunting, obsolete) Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
  • v. (rare, obsolete, transitive) To serve as a decoy, to lure.

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.

weak

  • adj. Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
  • adj. Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
  • adj. Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible;…
  • adj. Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
  • adj. (grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including.
  • adj. (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
  • adj. (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
  • adj. (slang) Bad or uncool.
  • adj. (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted…
  • adj. Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
  • adj. Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
  • adj. Lacking in vigour or expression.
  • adj. Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
  • adj. (stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.
  • adj. (photography) Lacking contrast.

wilted

  • adj. (of plants) Drooping, typically due to lack of water.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of wilt.

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