gimp

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Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A physical disability that severely impairs walking: Specifically refers to a limp or a pronounced difficulty in walking, typically due to injury, deformity, or weakness in the legs or feet.

  2. Verb:

    • To walk with a limp or in a hobbling manner: To move in a way that is impeded by a physical limitation, injury, or pain, resulting in an uneven, labored gait.
Usage Examples

  • Noun: After the accident, he walked with a noticeable gimp.The old injury left him with a permanent gimp in his step.

  • Verb: She had to gimp along the trail after twisting her ankle.He gimped across the room, leaning heavily on his cane.

Advanced Usage
  • The term is often considered informal and can be perceived as offensive or derogatory when used as a noun to describe a person with a disability. Its use as a verb is generally more descriptive and less stigmatizing, though caution is still advised.
  • "to have a gimp": to possess a limp or a walking disability.
Variants and Related Words
  • Gimpy (adj): Describing someone or something that has a limp or is lame.
  • Hobble (verb/noun): A close synonym meaning to walk unsteadily or a device/state that causes such walking.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Limp, lameness, hobble.
  • Verb: Hobble, limp, falter, shuffle.
Related Phrases
  • "to walk with a gimp": To walk with a pronounced limp.
Noun
  1. disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
Verb
  1. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
    • The old woman hobbles down to the store every day

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