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Limp

noun

The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg. Synonyms: hitch, hobble.

adjective

Not firm. Synonym: wilted.

Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience. "A limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" , "A slack grip"

verb

(past & past part. limped; pres. part. limping)

Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury. Synonyms: gimp, hitch, hobble.

Proceed slowly or with difficulty.

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"Limp" Quotes from Famous Books

... K. K. met with some ordinary accident while on that stretch, and has been unable to continue his run. He may have tripped on a vine he failed to see, and either broken his leg, or else sprained his ankle so badly that he can't even limp along. I've known such a thing to happen—in fact, once I got myself in the same pickle, and had to crawl two miles to a house, every foot of the way on hands and knees, because the pain was frightful whenever I tried to stand up. Well, the chances are K. K. ...

— The Chums of Scranton High on the Cinder Path • Donald Ferguson

... time was going. Ill luck seemed to dog me on the journey, for with a loud noise the back tyre burst. To take it off and replace it with a new one was done in record time. Then on again. How the old "bus" seemed to limp along. ...

— How I Filmed the War - A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who - Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. • Lieut. Geoffrey H. Malins

... in rapids before, and when he found himself in the water, with the wilderness traveller's quick appreciation of the conditions, he lay limp, without a struggle. If he permitted the current to carry him in its own way on its course, he might be swept past the rocks uninjured to the still water below. If one struggle was made it might throw him out of the current's ...

— Ungava Bob - A Winter's Tale • Dillon Wallace

... near the tiller, and looked out upon the quay and the pretty row of houses that followed the line of the quay. Just opposite the landing stood the Hoppensack Hotel, a three-story building, from whose gable a yellow flag, with a cross and a crown on it, hung down limp in the quiet foggy air. Effi looked up at the flag for a while, then let her eyes sink slowly until they finally rested on a number of people who stood about inquisitively on the quay. At this moment the bell rang. Effi had a very peculiar ...

— The German Classics Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 • Various

... fall from Yggdrasil is symbolical of the autumnal falling of the leaves, which lie limp and helpless on the cold bare ground until they are hidden from sight under the snow, represented by the wolfskin, which Odin, the sky, sends down to keep them warm; and the cessation of the birds' songs is further typified ...

— Myths of the Norsemen - From the Eddas and Sagas • H. A. Guerber

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