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limp

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Verb

  1. To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
  2. To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
    • The bomber limped home on one engine.
  3. To move or proceed irregularly.
    • limping verses
    • The business limped through the recession
  4. To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.

Noun

  1. An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
    • She walks with a limp.
  2. A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.

Adjective

  1. Flaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.
  2. Lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy.
    • a limp rope
  3. Soft; weak, especially physically.
  4. Not erect.
  5. Not having an erection.

Verb

  1. To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.

Noun

  1. A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.

Verb

  1. To happen; befall; chance.
  2. To come upon; meet.

Phrase

  1. Acronym of Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales

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