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Synonyms for limp
lɪmplimp
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Princeton's WordNet
hitch, hobble, limpadjective
the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
Synonyms:
enlistment, incumbrance, snag, duty tour, stay, preventive, fetter, hitch, tour, stoppage, check, tour of duty, interference, hobble, preventative, halt, encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, term of enlistment, stop, hang-up, arrest, rublimp, wiltedadjective
not firm
"wilted lettuce"
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wiltedlimpverb
lacking in strength or firmness or resilience
"gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"
Synonyms:
wiltedlimp, gimp, hobble, hitchverb
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
"The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
Synonyms:
hitch, hitchhike, jerk, buck, hopple, thumb, catch, gimp, hobblelimpverb
proceed slowly or with difficulty
"the boat limped into the harbor"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
limpadjective
limpverb
Synonyms:
halt, hobble, walk lamelylimpnoun
Synonyms:
halt, limping gait
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#272 | check | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1080 | tour | |
#2052 | soft | |
#3635 | catch | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#7799 | thumb | |
#8285 | buck | |
#8714 | interference | |
#11695 | preventive | |
#12745 | rub | |
#13785 | lame | |
#13959 | halt | |
#14556 | jerk | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#15920 | limp | |
#16589 | gimp | |
#23847 | preventative | |
#33918 | snag | |
#37231 | saggy | |
#43221 | enlistment | |
#44966 | hindrance | |
#48365 | stoppage | |
#56554 | encumbrance | |
#74728 | fetter | |
#77896 | wilted | |
#80713 | flaccid | |
#99268 | hobble | |
#155281 | hitchhike | |
#204694 | hinderance |
How to use limp in a sentence?
When I left the hospital, my left arm and fingers were nearly completely paralyzed. By that, I mean it pretty much hung limp at my side. I had to move it with my right hand.
And I beat the ever-living f *** out of him, choked him and everything else trying to get him under control and we finally got him in handcuffs when a third man got there and the son of a bitch was still fighting and we was still wrestling with him trying to hold him down because he was spitting blood everywhere, and then all of a sudden he just went limp.
The official declaration confirms what all could see in the video. Irvo, while facedown and handcuffed at his wrists and shackled at his ankles, was not permitted to breathe. For over 11 minutes, the ten officer/hospital defendants pushed down hard on every part of Irvo’s body until he was limp and lifeless, we cannot continue to treat the mentally ill with such brutality.
You have to earn your way off the Tour, and you have to blast your way out, no one wants to limp their way off. (Pete) Sampras had the perfect send-off.
I wanted it to stop. I couldn't say anything, i was trying to get my hands to move, my legs to move, and the message just wasn't getting there. I was weak, I was limp and I couldn't fight him off.
Translations for limp
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- يعرجArabic
- flàccid, coixejar, flàccida, coixesaCatalan, Valencian
- kulhatCzech
- Hinken, Gehbehinderung, humpeln, lahmenGerman
- κουτσαίνωGreek
- lamiEsperanto
- cojera, flácido, cojearSpanish
- شلیدنPersian
- nilkuttaa, nilkutus, ontuminen, ontua, veltto, hervotonFinnish
- claudiquer, boiterie, boité, mou, boiter, boitement, boitillerFrench
- sántikál, bicegHungarian
- zoppicareItalian
- 足を引きずるJapanese
- totitoti, totiMāori
- hinkenDutch
- spinkel, løs, haltende gange, halte, pløsete, slapp, hinkeNorwegian
- utykać, utykaniePolish
- capenga, flácido, mancarPortuguese
- șchiopătaRomanian
- хромать, хромотаRussian
- ćopanje, šepanje, ćopati, mlȍhav, храмати, храмање, šȅpati, ше̏пати, шепање, ћопати, ћопање, hramati, мло̏хав, hramanjeSerbo-Croatian
- hältaSwedish
- chopiSwahili
- boatagolön, lemülönVolapük
- 跛行Chinese
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