limping
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈlɪmpɪŋ/
:
cojera
- And Barfoot stands still, listening to his limping on the cobblestones until it is all out of hearing.
- limping man
Examples
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And as a result they take a limping set of steps, short steps and short step, long step, short step, long step.
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Old Limping Man was curious and asked where this Medicine Woman lived.
Fiction book (2000) -
Old Limping Man and Young Man followed Ali-chu'uchum, the Little People.
Fiction book (2000) -
Old Limping Man could still speak the language of I'itoi, which all the animals and all the Little People understand.
Fiction book (2000) -
Tommy was following the limping gull around and trying to pick it up.
Fiction book (1991) -
Seen her limping lately?
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As Jordy comes out with a limping Emil, police are arriving.
Fiction book (2001) -
While Mualig Siakam and Old Limping Man were talking, some Indians came carrying a child.
Fiction book (2000) -
" Here's the latest from the colonies," the limping man said, clasping both hands around his staff and thrusting his head forward.
Fiction book (1997) -
The child was limping after he fell off his bike.
Synonyms
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3.3
An uneven way of walking caused by a hurt leg or foot
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9.9
A way of walking that is difficult because of a leg or foot injury
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4.7
A state in which a person or animal cannot walk properly because of a leg injury
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9.9
Leg pain or weakness that makes walking hard, often because blood flow is poor
Difficulty walking because a leg or foot does not work well
Compounds
- Literature
A line of poetry that ends with a strong or reversed beat instead of the usual weak-strong beat
How Limping
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Limping comes from the simple verb limp, which used to mean 'to walk with difficulty' or 'to drag one leg'. So, limping means walking in a painful or uneven way.