Search Result for "limp": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg;
[syn: hitch, hobble, limp]


VERB (2)

1. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;
- Example: "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
[syn: limp, gimp, hobble, hitch]

2. proceed slowly or with difficulty;
- Example: "the boat limped into the harbor"


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. not firm;
- Example: "wilted lettuce"
[syn: limp, wilted]

2. lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;
- Example: "gave a limp handshake"
- Example: "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton;
- Example: "a slack grip"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Limp \Limp\ (l[i^]mp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Limped (l[i^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Limping.] [Cf. AS. lemphealt lame, OHG. limphen to limp, be weak; perh. akin to E. lame, or to limp, a [root]120.] To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Limp \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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Limp \Limp\, n. (Ore Washing) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Limp \Limp\, a. [Cf. Icel. limpa limpness, weakness, and E. lap, n., lop, v. t. Cf. Limber, a.] 1. Flaccid; flabby, as flesh. --Walton. [1913 Webster] 2. Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

limp adj 1: not firm; "wilted lettuce" [syn: limp, wilted] 2: 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" n 1: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg [syn: hitch, hobble, limp] v 1: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day" [syn: limp, gimp, hobble, hitch] 2: proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the harbor"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

202 Moby Thesaurus words for "limp": amble, andante, anemic, asthenic, bagging, baggy, ballooning, barge, bloodless, bowl along, bundle, chicken, claudicate, claudication, clump, cowardly, cower, crawl, creep, dead march, debilitated, dodder, doddering, dogtrot, drag, drag along, drag out, droop, drooping, droopy, dull, effete, enervated, etiolated, exhausted, faint, faintish, falter, faltering, fatigued, feeble, flabby, flaccid, flexible, flimsy, floppy, flounce, foot, footpace, footslog, frail, funeral march, gait, gallop, gimp, go dead slow, go slow, gone, gutless, halt, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hobbling, hop, idle, imbecile, impotent, inch, inch along, ineffective, ineffectual, jog, jog trot, jog-trot, jolt, jump, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, lax, laze, leisurely gait, limber, listless, lock step, loose, lop, lop-eared, loppy, lukewarm, lumber, lumbering pace, lunge, lurch, lustless, marrowless, mince, mincing steps, mosey, muddle, namby-pamby, nerveless, nodding, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, pithless, pliable, plod, poke, poke along, pooped, powerless, prance, quiver, rack, relaxed, roll, rubbery, sagging, sagging in folds, saggy, sapless, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shake, shamble, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, sinewless, single-foot, skip, slack, sleazy, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow march, slow motion, slowness, soft, spent, spineless, spiritless, stagger, stagger along, staggering, stalk, stamp, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, strengthless, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stumble, stump, supple, swag, swagger, swing, teeter, tired, tittup, toddle, toddle along, totter, totter along, tottering, traipse, tread, tremble, trip, trot, trudge, unhardened, unnerved, unstrung, velocity, waddle, walk, wamble, wasted, weak, weakly, wiggle, wobble, worm, worm along, worn out
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

LIMP ["Messages in Typed Languages", J. Hunt et al, SIGPLAN Notices 14(1):27-45 (Jan 1979)].