limp

Meanings

Verb

• To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
• To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
• To move or proceed irregularly.
• To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
• To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
• To happen; befall; chance.
• To come upon; meet.

Noun

• An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
• A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
• 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.

Adjective

• flaccid; flabby, like flesh.
• lacking stiffness; flimsy
• not erect
• not having an erect penis
• physically weak

Phrase

• Acronym of {{w, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales}}

Origin

• From Middle English limpen, from Old English limpan, from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ-.
• Cognate with Low German lumpen ("to limp"), Middle High German limpfen, dialectal German lampen ("to hang down loosely"), Icelandic limpa ("limpness, weakness").
• From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (recorded only in compound lemphealt, from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną ("to hang down"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ-.
• Cognate with German lampecht ("flaccid, limp"), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur. See above.
• From Middle English limpen, from Old English limpan.
• Cognate with Scots limp ("to chance to be, come"), Middle Dutch limpen, Middle Low German gelimpen ("to moderate, treat mildly"), Middle High German limfen ("to suit, become").