Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who limps; a lame person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who limps.
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- adjective
comparative form oflimp : morelimp - noun A person who
limps .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait
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Examples
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One bird, which we nick-named 'limper' back in 2005, has the habit of mobbing us even from distances as much as 400m - she is the only bird that does that, and she does it every year we locate her.
10,000 Birds 2009
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One bird, which we nick-named 'limper' back in 2005, has the habit of mobbing us even from distances as much as 400m - she is the only bird that does that, and she does it every year we locate her.
10,000 Birds 2009
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But official flows into U.S. dollar assets are far limper compared with that, according to Nomura.
Dollar's Race to the Bottom Richard Barley 2011
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But, then, one damned thing leads to another: in this case, an even limper Times leader berating BBC Radio Lincolnshire and some 70 other blameless, bemused stations or channels as engines of "domination" of poor little Sky – plus a matching Sun tirade from Kelvin MacKenzie belabouring the "duds" who lack Rupert's spunk.
Wapping's bulls should pull in their horns in row over BSkyB takeover Peter Preston 2010
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As a recovering limper, the following resolution for healing is prescribed:
Dr. Cara Barker: Redefining the New Normal: 3 Tips for Mitch McConnell Dr. Cara Barker 2010
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Not unless Cap had an unfortunate scrambling of the genes and emerged with wrists limper than most.
Who Will Be Behind the Shield in Johnston's Captain America? « FirstShowing.net 2010
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I picture him melting like the wicked witch of the west soaked in water; I picture her hair becoming limper, the layers tragically falling from a prime Rachel to a season nine Chandler.
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The second approach is to use something limper, like polymer (which can be made fast and cheap) and strengthen the stock with an aluminum spine.
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• In Munich, proceedings were somewhat limper: Werder Bremen held the champions to a 0-0 draw.
Hoffenheim and Mainz surge on as records and Michael Ballack tumble 2010
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Even the climax feels limper and more perfunctory, and the story alterations feel unnecessary and drain what emotional impact there was in the first place.
Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review: Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009) 2009
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