limp

1. 1.

   the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

   Synonymshitchhobble

   Broadergait

Other forms of limp

plural

limps·

past tense

limped·

present participle

limping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about limp

What does limp mean?

limp means "walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in limp?

limp has 1 syllable: limp. In IPA it is /ˈlɪmp/.

What is another word for limp?

Close synonyms include gimp, hobble, hitch, wilted, hitch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is limp a common word?

limp is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.