limpverb詞源 1/lɪmp/

• 1

  To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.

  • Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.
• 2

  To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.

  • The bomber limped home on one engine.
• 3

  To move or proceed irregularly.

  • limping verses
  • The business limped through the recession
• 4

  slangcard-gamespokerTo call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.

limpnoun詞源 1/lɪmp/

• 1

  An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.

  • She walks with a limp.
• 2

  A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.

limpadj詞源 2/lɪmp/

• 1

  Flaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.

• 2

  Lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy.

  • a limp rope
• 3

  Soft; weak, in special physically weak.

  • Another line-out was stolen, and when the ball was sent left Clerc stepped and spun through limp challenges from Wilkinson, Chris Ashton and Foden to dive over and make it 11-0.
• 4

  slangNot erect.

• 5

  slangNot having an erection.

limpverb詞源 2/lɪmp/

• 1

  To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.

limpnoun詞源 2/lɪmp/

• 1

  A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.

limpverb詞源 3/lɪmp/

• 1

  obsoleteTo happen; befall; chance.

• 2

  obsoleteTo come upon; meet.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• Louis XIV
• James II