| inglese > italiano | |
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| limp | |
| 1. sost. zoppicamento | |
| 2. verb. zoppicare | |
| 3. agg. floscio | |
| 4. agg. (senso figurato) fiacco | |
| inglese > inglese | |
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| limp | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg. |  |
| 2. v. (intransitive, figurative, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion. | |
| The bomber limped home on one engine. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive, figurative) To move or proceed irregularly. | |
| limping verses | |
| 4. v. (poker slang) To call. | |
| 5. subst. An irregular, jerky or awkward gait | |
| She walks with a limp. | |
| 6. subst. A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve | |
| 7. subst. A code-word among Jacobites, standing for Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales.Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Millennium Edition, art. "Limp". | |
| 8. adj. flaccid; flabby, like flesh. | |
| 9. adj. lacking stiffness; flimsy | |
| a limp rope | |
| 10. adj. (of a penis) not erect | |
| 11. adj. (of a man) not having an erect penis | |
| 12. adj. physically weak | |
| 13. v. (intransitive) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory. | |
| 14. subst. 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. | |
| 15. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To happen; befall; chance. | |
| 16. v. (obsolete, transitive) To come upon; meet. | |
