B1verb · intransitive · rare

limp

limp · limps · limped / lamp · limping

кульгати

хромать

hinken, lahmen, humpeln

To walk lamely, as if favoring one legTo walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.

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/lɪmp/

» 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 sentences

Why are you walking with a limp?
Чому ти шкутильгаєш?
ruПочему ты прихрамываешь?
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Why are you limping?
Чому ти шкутильгаєш?
ruТы чего хромаешь?
deWarum humpelst du?
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You're not limping anymore.
Ти більше не шкутильгаєш.
ruТы больше не хромаешь.
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He walked with a limp.
Він йшов кульгаючи.
ruОн шёл прихрамывая.
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Tom is limping.
Том шкутильгає.
deTom hinkt.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to walk lamely:

Русский

By meaning 1

to walk lamely:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to walk lamely:

Origin

From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-West Ger

From 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, limped

Base form	limp · to limp
3rd person singular	limps
Present participle	limping
Past simple	limped / lamp
Past participle	limped / lump

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	limp
he, she, it	limps

Past simpleLesson

all persons

limped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have limped
he, she, it	has limped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will limp

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Close in meaning

walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury:gimp hobble hitch

Word family

5 related words

Lessons 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