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Meaning of limp

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  limp
      adj 1: not firm; "wilted lettuce" [syn: {limp}, {wilted}]
      2: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "gave a limp
         handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to
         know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"
      n 1: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured
           leg [syn: {hitch}, {hobble}, {limp}]
      v 1: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The
           old woman hobbles down to the store every day" [syn:
           {limp}, {gimp}, {hobble}, {hitch}]
      2: proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the
         harbor"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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