gimp








noun

  1. a flat trimming of silk, wool, or other cord, sometimes stiffened with wire, for garments, curtains, etc.
  2. a coarse thread, usually glazed, employed in lacemaking to outline designs.

noun Chiefly Northeastern U.S.

  1. spirit, vigor, or ambition.

noun

  1. a limp.
  2. Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a person who limps or is lame.

verb (used without object)

  1. to limp; walk in a halting manner: a sprain that made her gimp for weeks.

adjective Scot. and North England.

  1. jimp.

adjective Scot. and North England.

  1. slender; trim; delicate.
  2. scant; barely sufficient.

noun

  1. a tapelike trimming of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with wire

noun

  1. US and Canadian offensive, slang a physically disabled person, esp one who is lame
  2. slang a sexual fetishist who likes to be dominated and who dresses in a leather or rubber body suit with mask, zips, and chains
n.1

1925, “a crippled leg,” also “a crippled person,” perhaps by association with limp, or a corruption of gammy (see game (adj.)).

n.2

also gymp, ornamental material for trimming dresses, furniture, etc., 1660s, from French guimpe, Old French guimple “wimple, headdress, veil,” from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German wimpal).

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