i Register
In some senses, limp is marked as figuratively, slang, obsolete, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
verb
To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.
To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
The bomber limped home on one engine.
To move or proceed irregularly.
limping verses
The business limped through the recession
To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
noun
An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
She walks with a limp.
A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
adj
Flaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.
Lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy.
a limp rope
Soft; weak, in special physically weak.
Another line-out was stolen, and when the ball was sent left Clerc stepped and spun through limp challenges from Wilkinson, Chris Ashton and Foden to dive over and make it 11-0.
Not erect.
Not having an erection.