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GIMP

Dictionary entry overview: What does gimp mean?

• GIMP (noun)
The noun GIMP has 1 sense:

1. disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet

Familiarity information: GIMP used as a noun is very rare.

• GIMP (verb)
The verb GIMP has 1 sense:

1. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

Familiarity information: GIMP used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GIMP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

claudication; limping; lameness; gimpiness; gimp; gameness

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)

• GIMP (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

gimp; hobble; limp; hitch

Context example:

The old woman hobbles down to the store every day

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

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

Sentence frames:

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

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