limping

Other forms of limping

plural

limpings·

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 limping

What does limping mean?

limping means "disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet".

How many syllables are in limping?

limping has 2 syllables: lim-ping. The stress falls on "lim". In IPA it is /ˈlɪmpɪŋ/.

What is another word for limping?

Close synonyms include lameness, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, claudication. 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 limping a common word?

limping 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.