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Definitions
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”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Uneven walk”4 letters
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