to gimp

Examples

• All

• Trying to guilt me into walking around more because he's all gimped out?

  Clerks II (2006)

• Erlich gimping around in his goddamn hot rod is not discreet.

  Fiction book (2000)

• When I got back after, you know, with this GIMP arm, my swim times were really slow.

• - Get a move on, Father, you gimp.

  Hell Riders (1984)

• Erlich gimping around in his goddamn hot rod is not discreet.

  The Crow: Salvation (2000)

• I got up and gimped along as well as I could on my bad knee, but I was soon diving through the waves and catching and passing them.

  Fiction book (2001)

• He flips his cigarette about fifty feet, unfolds his leg, and gimps inside with the heavy gym bag.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Forty minutes later, as I gimp toward the open door of the plane, I think again of Claire Eberhardt, possibly hurrying down this very same ramp, the toddler asleep on her shoulder, the little girl holding her hand.

  Fiction book (1994)

• But she gimped anyway along the roadside grass in her suit and pumps, as much a spectacle herself, she figured, as this strange stepson who pursed his lips and gazed so intently at every passing car.

  Fiction book (2002)

• After injuring his ankle, he had to gimp along the street to get home.

Synonyms

L

to limp

vsto gimp

73 2.6

To walk with difficulty because one leg or foot is hurt

is the informal North American expression used for that same walking difficulty

H

to hobble

vsto gimp

22 5.6

To walk with difficulty because of pain or injury

is the informal North American word rather than the neutral action term

H

to hitch

vsto gimp

11 5.6

To walk with a limp because of an injury

is an informal North American word rather than a neutral term for it

W

to walk with a limp

vsto gimp

6 3.7

Move with short uneven steps because one leg or foot hurts

is an informal North American term often used for that uneven walking

G

to gimp along

vsto gimp

• Informal

8.7

To walk slowly and with a limp because of a hurt leg

is an informal North American word used for that injured walking

G

to gimp around

vsto gimp

• Informal

9.9

To move slowly and awkwardly because of pain or stiffness

is the informal North American word used for difficult walking after injury

Antonyms

S

to stride

16 2.7

To walk with long confident steps toward a place

Phrasal Verbs

G

to gimp along

• Informal

8.7

To walk slowly and with a limp because of a hurt leg

G

to gimp around

• Informal

9.9

To move slowly and awkwardly because of pain or stiffness

How Difficult

crawl

23 1.2

to hobble

22 5.6

to gimp

• Informal

1 9.8

shuffle

11 3.9

to walk

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology