Definition of "limp" []

• To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg. (verb-intransitive)
• To move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily: The project limped along with half its previous funding. (verb-intransitive)
• An irregular, jerky, or awkward gait. (noun)
• Lacking or having lost rigidity, as of structure or substance. (adjective)
• Lacking strength or firmness; weak or spiritless; a limp handshake; limp opposition. (adjective)

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• "Ronal Toussaint, who sometimes takes me around in his taptap -- pick-up converted to public transport vehicle -- on especially meeting-packed days, and who walks with a permanent limp from a building having fallen on him during the earthquake, evinced the spirit of resistance so common here."
• "Her lower-topsails hung in limp emptiness from the yards, heavy with rain and flapping soggily when she rolled."
• "A lifelong limp is adequate reward for their blasphemy."