GIMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gimp mean? 

• GIMP (noun)
  The noun GIMP has 1 sense:

1. disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet

  Familiarity information: GIMP used as a noun is very rare.

• GIMP (verb)
  The verb GIMP has 1 sense:

1. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

  Familiarity information: GIMP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

claudication; gameness; gimp; gimpiness; lameness; limping

Hypernyms ("gimp" is a kind of...):

disability of walking (a disability that interferes with or prevents walking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gimp"):

intermittent claudication (lameness due to pain in leg muscles because the blood supply is inadequate; pain subsides with rest)

Derivation:

gimp (walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury)

• GIMP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they gimp    ... he / she / it gimps   
Past simple: gimped   
Past participle: gimped   
-ing form: gimping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

gimp; hitch; hobble; limp

Context example:

The old woman hobbles down to the store every day

Hypernyms (to "gimp" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

gimp (disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet)