"limp-wrist" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: limp-wrists [plural]
Etymology: limp + wrist Etymology templates: {{compound|en|limp|wrist}} limp + wrist Head templates: {{en-noun}} limp-wrist (plural limp-wrists)
  1. (derogatory) A gay man, especially a flamboyant one. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-limp-wrist-en-noun-xy-jMkEY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: limpwrist

Verb [English]

Forms: limp-wrists [present, singular, third-person], limp-wristing [participle, present], limp-wristed [participle, past], limp-wristed [past]
Etymology: limp + wrist Etymology templates: {{compound|en|limp|wrist}} limp + wrist Head templates: {{en-verb}} limp-wrist (third-person singular simple present limp-wrists, present participle limp-wristing, simple past and past participle limp-wristed)
  1. (firearms) To hold a handgun with an insufficiently-firm-and-stiff grip while firing, allowing recoil to move the frame of the gun too far rearwards and causing the recoil spring to absorb too little energy from the slide for the action to cycle properly. Categories (topical): Firearms, LGBT
    Sense id: en-limp-wrist-en-verb-JgDGpyh3 Disambiguation of LGBT: 20 80 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 95 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: limpwrist

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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