Synonyms for gimp
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Limping
3. Dweeb — A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
Gumption.
- n. 2
A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
- n. 3
A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar.
- v. 1
Of yarn, cord, thread, etc., to wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating 'gimped yarn', etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
Example sentences
- limping Never trust a limping dog or the tears of a woman.
- cripple But I have nothing left. I am just an old cripple.
- nerd That prog nerd keeps trying to talk to me about Rush.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| gimp | rising | |
| limping | rising | |
| lameness | rising | |
| claudication | rising | |
| gameness | rising | |
| cripple | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pep1
- 4 letters
- trim1, nerd1, geek1, limp1, dork, gump1, nerf, spod
- 5 letters
- hitch1, vigor2, dweeb1
- 6 letters
- spirit2, vigour, hobble2
- 7 letters
- cripple2, limping2
- 8 letters
- disabled3, ambition3, lameness, gameness
- 9 letters
- gimpiness
- 12 letters
- claudication
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vigor2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- boitement