limp
verb/lɪmp/
/lɪmp/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they limp | /lɪmp/ /lɪmp/ |
| he / she / it limps | /lɪmps/ /lɪmps/ |
| past simple limped | /lɪmpt/ /lɪmpt/ |
| past participle limped | /lɪmpt/ /lɪmpt/ |
| -ing form limping | /ˈlɪmpɪŋ/ /ˈlɪmpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to walk slowly or with difficulty because one leg is injured
- She had twisted her ankle and was limping.
- + adv./prep. Matt limped painfully off the field.
Extra ExamplesTopics Health problemsc2- He limped away from his car.
- By the time we got back home she was limping badly.
- He was still limping slightly from his knee injury.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- a little
- slightly
- …
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- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move slowly or with difficulty after being damaged
- The plane limped back to the airport.
- (figurative) The government was limping along in its usual way.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- a little
- slightly
- …
Word Originverb late Middle English (in the sense ‘fall short of’): related to obsolete limphalt ‘lame’, and probably of Germanic origin.
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