limp

About 2.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
2. verb To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.

   The bomber limped home on one engine.

3. verb To move or proceed irregularly.

   limping verses

4. verb To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
5. noun An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.

   She walks with a limp.

6. noun A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
7. adjective Flaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.
8. adjective Lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy.

   a limp rope

Similar words

flaccid wilted stale slack weak hitch hobble lax lame flabby

Often followed by

and in body cloth as hand with on along

Word family

limped limper limpers limpest limping limply limpness limpnesses limps