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Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of limp.
WordNet 3.0
- n. disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
Etymologies
- Probably from obsolete lymphault, lame, from Old English lemphealt : lemp-, hanging loosely + -healt, lame, limping.
Examples
“I didn't want to move Dave, he came in limping this morning and was taking a nap on my desk. at”
“With Martin limping, Shawn Marion hit a 3-pointer to make it 73-66 before Sacramento called a timeout.”
“She was still limping from a leg injury that she had suffered during one of the evacuations from her home on Rolling Bay Walk.”
“However, as to poor Lady Margaret, she may do as well as ever by and bye, for she has an excellent constitution, and I suppose she has been hardly any better than she is now these forty years, for I remember when I was quite a boy hearing her called a limping old puddle.””
“However, as to poor Lady Margaret, she may do as well as ever by and bye, for she has an excellent constitution, and I suppose she has been hardly any better than she is now these forty years, for I remember when I was quite a boy hearing her called a limping old puddle. ”
“Fresh from the command of his beautiful horse-battery and the dashing service with a cavalry division, Cram hated the idea of limping along, as he expressed it, behind a battalion of foot, and said so, and somebody told Brax he had said so, -- more than one somebody, probably, for Brax had many an adviser to help keep him in trouble.”
“I'm conceited, too, for I hate the idea of limping, and being stiff and ungraceful.”
“They also engage in protective reactions, such as limping and rubbing, after being hurt.”
“A man went by, in some kind of limping crawling fashion, and he seemed like the obvious solution, so I asked him if he wanted some mice.”
“And so you've to say that he is kind of limping across the finish line here.”
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