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Definition of limp noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

limp

noun
 
/lɪmp/
 
/lɪmp/
[usually singular]
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  1. a way of walking in which one leg is used less or in a different way because it is injured or stiff
    • to walk with a slight/pronounced limp
    • The accident had left him with a slight limp.
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • noticeable
    • pronounced
    • slight
    verb + limp
    • have
    • walk with
    • give somebody
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    Word Originnoun late Middle English (in the sense ‘fall short of’): related to obsolete limphalt ‘lame’, and probably of Germanic origin.
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