limp

Definition

  • verb: to walk in a slow and awkward way because of an injury to a leg or foot
  • verb: to walk lamely
  • adjective: having an unpleasantly soft or weak quality
  • adjective: lacking firm texture, substance, or structure
  • synonyms: halt, flaccid, flimsy

Examples

  • The company has somehow managed to 'limp' along despite the bad economy.

  • This plant isn't doing well—look how 'limp' the leaves are.

  • We noticed that the dog was walking with a slight 'limp'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) gone deeper into her face. She looked much older, She looked much older, and she looked tired. She picked Jeffrey up. Jeffrey's little limp, sleeping body twitched. She carried him off. There at the end of the runway, at the end of the ramp, rather, was Jeffrey's father, (..)
    1983 Bill Cosby: Himself