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adj
Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Qualifier: Scotland and N England
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noun
A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Gumption.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northeastern, US, countable, dated, uncountable
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Synonyms: spirit, ambition, vigor, pep
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noun
A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Synonyms: cripple, disabled
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noun
A crippled leg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
A limp or a limping gait.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, slang
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Synonyms: dweeb, nerd, geek, gump, spod, dork
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noun
A submissive dressed in a full-body suit of latex or a similar material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
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noun
A character or ability that is underpowered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, slang
Topics: video-games
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noun
Acronym of GNU Image Manipulation Program, a computer program capable of editing and manipulating digital images.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
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noun
Abbreviation of gravitationally interacting massive particle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, particle
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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verb
Of yarn, cord, thread, etc., to wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating 'gimped yarn', etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles
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verb
To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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verb
To limp; to hobble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
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verb
To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
Topics: video-games
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Synonyms: nerf
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noun
disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lameness, limping, gimpiness, gameness, claudication
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Broader terms: disability of walking
Narrower terms: intermittent claudication
verb
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: limp, hobble, hitch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
History
Scots. Alternative form of jimp. Compare Welsh gwymp (“fair, neat, comely”).
Attested since about 1660, perhaps from Dutch gimp or French guimpe, and likely from Old French guimpre, a variant of guipure, a kind of trimming. The regional sense of "gumption" is attested since about 1905, and may have developed due to the reinforced nature of gimp cord, or possibly the influence of the words gumption and gumph.
Attested in US slang since the 1920s. Maybe influenced by, or cognate with limp.
Across languages
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