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Word entry · 4 letters

limp

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"Uneven walk"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /lɪmp/Part of speech noun, verb, adjectiveSorted ilmpStarts with LEnds with P1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

Word origin

From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”).

Used in a sentence

  • The bomber limped home on one engine.
  • limping verses
  • The business limped through the recession

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