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noun

Limp n. A manner of walking in which the movement of one or both legs is noticeably abnormal, usually due to injury or disease; a halt; the act of limping.

Limp n. (Ore Washing) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.

adjective

Limp adj.

Flaccid; flabby, as flesh.

Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.

verb

Limp v. i. (past & past part. limped; pres. part. limping) To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.

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Etymology of 'Limp'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Limp" Quotes from Famous Books

... one was huddled close up to the face of the mother, who when she realized their terrible fate had evidently raised it to her lips to imprint upon its lips the last kiss it was to receive in this world. The sight forced many a stout heart to shed tears. The limp bodies, with matted hair, some with holes in their heads, eyes knocked out and all bespattered with blood were a ...

— The Johnstown Horror • James Herbert Walker

... the wash of it, we found Jones crouching under the weather rail. One arm was jammed round the bulwark stanchion, the wrist stiffened and torn by the wrench, the other held the Kid—a limp, unconscious figure. ...

— The Brassbounder - A Tale of the Sea • David W. Bone

... length she lay between the cool sheets, silent, limp, heavy-lidded, Kathleen turned out the electric brackets ...

— The Danger Mark • Robert W. Chambers

... our great writers (and there are numbers of them amongst us), he could not resist praise, and began to be limp at once, in spite of his penetrating wit. But I consider this is pardonable. They say that one of our Shakespeares positively blurted out in private conversation that "we great men can't do otherwise," and so on, and, what's more, was ...

— The Possessed - or, The Devils • Fyodor Dostoyevsky

... on which was a beard of several days' growth, distorted by anguish, sweating; his tousled brown hair was limp with sweat. ...

— The Old Wives' Tale • Arnold Bennett

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