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GIMP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet

Synonyms:

claudication; gameness; gimp; gimpiness; lameness; limping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("gimp" is a kind of...):

disability of walking (a disability that interferes with or prevents walking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gimp"):

intermittent claudication (lameness due to pain in leg muscles because the blood supply is inadequate; pain subsides with rest)

Derivation:

gimp (walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

Example:

The old woman hobbles down to the store every day

Synonyms:

gimp; hitch; hobble; limp

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "gimp" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

gimp (disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet)

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