limp-wrist
limp-wrist · limp-wrists · limp-wristed · limp-wristing
To hold a handgun with an insufficiently-firm-and-stiff grip while firing, allowing…To hold a handgun with an insufficiently-firm-and-stiff grip while firing, allowing recoil to move the frame of the gun too far rearward and causing the recoil spring to absorb too little energy from the slide for the action to cycle properly.
Meaning
1 sensesTo hold a handgun with an insufficiently-firm-and-stiff grip while firing, allowing recoil to move the frame of the gun too far rearward and causing the recoil spring to absorb too little energy from the slide for the action to cycle properly.
Origin
From limp + wrist.From limp + wrist.
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Forms
limp-wrists, limp-wristing, limp-wristed, limp-wristed| Base form | limp-wrist · to limp-wrist |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | limp-wrists |
| Present participle | limp-wristing |
| Past simple | limp-wristed |
| Past participle | limp-wristed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle