Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Sprightly; active: as, a gimpy horse.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective limping, lame, with crippled legs.
  • adjective exhibiting deficiencies associated with the derogatory term "gimp", such as might inspire discomfort or revulsion

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective disabled in the feet or legs

Etymologies

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gimp +‎ -y

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Examples

  • The old reliables of the 81mm mortar and the General Purpose Machine Gun GPMG or "gimpy" are still magnificent weapons and the enemy fear them.

    Tally ho! Tales from a sandy place 2008

  • The old reliables of the 81mm mortar and the General Purpose Machine Gun GPMG or "gimpy" are still magnificent weapons and the enemy fear them.

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • Steve Lucas said a dolphin with a "gimpy" fin got stuck on his already deployed anchor line, and then began towing the boat around the gulf.

    Naples Daily News Stories 2010

  • She felt she should come over and pointlessly berate Kelly One-Leg, who is still playing that I-only-have-one-leg card, like that somehow makes her better than this ranting, insane cow, bitching at her for daring to not-like getting justly shoved to the ground by the in-every-way superior NaOnka, whose goodness God had rewarded by not making her into some gimpy little one-legged girl gettin 'in NaOnka's way!

    Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Acme Blindfolds & Blindsides. Tallulah Morehead 2010

  • Best time is Sunday mornings due to my work schedule, love of my Saturday green market, and propensity to go gimpy during late afternoon (yes, I have epilepsy - fun times).

    How can we help? gothwalk 2009

  • One of three McNeely dogs they also have a Cairn terrier and a Newfoundland, Koda is a potent 7-year-old who needs plenty of exercise and is "a handful" even with a gimpy leg, says McNeely.

    Pet Talk: $500,000 'dream' dog park comes true in Ga. 2011

  • I sent our geriatric gimpy beagle out after them, but now he's on their side.

    Kristin Wilson Keppler: What Children Can Learn From Egypt Kristin Wilson Keppler 2011

  • She felt she should come over and pointlessly berate Kelly One-Leg, who is still playing that I-only-have-one-leg card, like that somehow makes her better than this ranting, insane cow, bitching at her for daring to not-like getting justly shoved to the ground by the in-every-way superior NaOnka, whose goodness God had rewarded by not making her into some gimpy little one-legged girl gettin 'in NaOnka's way!

    Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Acme Blindfolds & Blindsides. Tallulah Morehead 2010

  • I sent our geriatric gimpy beagle out after them, but now he's on their side.

    Kristin Wilson Keppler: What Children Can Learn From Egypt Kristin Wilson Keppler 2011

  • One of three McNeely dogs they also have a Cairn terrier and a Newfoundland, Koda is a potent 7-year-old who needs plenty of exercise and is "a handful" even with a gimpy leg, says McNeely.

    Pet Talk: $500,000 'dream' dog park comes true in Ga. 2011

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