limp
To walk lamely, as if favoring one legTo walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
» Why are you walking with a limp?
Почему ты прихрамываешь?
Чому ти шкутильгаєш?
Чому ви шкутильгаєте?
Meaning
7 senses(intransitive)To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
hinken, humpeln, lahmen
хрома́тьxromátʹ
кульга́тиkulʹháty
(figuratively, intransitive)To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
The bomber limped home on one engine.
(figuratively, intransitive)To move or proceed irregularly.
limping verses
The business limped through the recession
proceed slowly or with difficulty
(intransitive, slang)To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
(intransitive, stative)To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
(intransitive, obsolete)To happen; befall; chance.
(obsolete, transitive)To come upon; meet.
Examples
118 sentencesWhy are you walking with a limp?
Чому ти шкутильгаєш? — deniko
ruПочему ты прихрамываешь? — Wezel
Why are you limping?
Чому ти шкутильгаєш? — deniko
ruТы чего хромаешь? — sharptoothed
deWarum humpelst du? — Dani6187
You're not limping anymore.
Ти більше не шкутильгаєш. — deniko
ruТы больше не хромаешь. — odexed
He walked with a limp.
Він йшов кульгаючи. — ascolto
ruОн шёл прихрамывая. — NastyaKayokhtina
Tom is limping.
Том шкутильгає. — deniko
deTom hinkt. — Vortarulo
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-West GerFrom Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”).
From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (recorded only in compound lemphealt (“limping”), from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with German lampecht (“flaccid, limp”), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur (“pliable, gentle”). See above.
From Middle English limpen, from Old English limpan (“to happen, occur, exist, belong to, suit, befit, concern”).
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Forms
limps, limping, limped, limpedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle