noun
Meaning 1
A gay man, especially a flamboyant one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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Standard Lemma guide
limp-wrist
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
Meaning 2
To hold a handgun with an insufficiently-firm-and-stiff grip while firing, allowing recoil to move the frame of the gun too far rearward and causing the recoil spring to absorb too little energy from the slide for the action to cycle properly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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History
Etymology
From limp + wrist.