gimp (redirected from gymps)

gimp ¹  (gmp)

n.

A narrow flat braid or rounded cord of fabric used for trimming. Also called guimpe, guipure.

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[Perhaps from French guimpe; see guimpe.]

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gimp ²  (gmp) Slang

n.

1. A limp or a limping gait.

2. A person who limps.

intr.v. gimped, gimp·ing, gimps

To walk with a limp.

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[Origin unknown.]

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gimpy adj.

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gimp ³  (gmp)

n.

Spirit; pep.

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[Origin unknown.]

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gimp¹, guimpe [gɪmp]

n

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a tapelike trimming of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with wire

[probably from Dutch gimp, of unknown origin]

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gimp²

n

1. US & 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

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gimp - disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet claudication, gameness, gimpiness, lameness, limping disability of walking - a disability that interferes with or prevents walking intermittent claudication - lameness due to pain in leg muscles because the blood supply is inadequate; pain subsides with rest
Verb	1.	gimp - walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day" hobble, limp, hitch walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"

Translations

gimp [gɪmp] N (US) → cojo/a m/f

gimp (US inf)

n

(= limp) → Hinken nt, → Humpeln nt

(pej) (= cripple) → Krüppel m; (= weakling) → Schwächling m, → Waschlappen m (inf); (= rustic, uncouth person) → Provinzler(in) m(f) (inf), → Hinterwäldler(in) m(f) (inf); (= simpleton) → Einfaltspinsel m (inf)

vi (= limp) → hinken, humpeln