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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "limpard"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "limper"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "limp in"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "limping iamb"
}
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "limpen",
"t": "to fall short"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "limpan"
},
"expansion": "Old English limpan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*limpan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *limpan",
"name": "inh"
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*limpaną",
"t": "to hang down"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)lemb-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*(s)lembʰ-",
"t": "to hang loosely, hang limply"
},
"expansion": "*(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "lumpen",
"3": "",
"4": "to limp"
},
"expansion": "Low German lumpen (“to limp”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "limpfen",
"t": "to hobble, limp"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German limpfen (“to hobble, limp”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "lampen",
"3": "",
"4": "to hang down loosely"
},
"expansion": "German lampen (“to hang down loosely”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "limpa",
"3": "",
"4": "limpness, weakness"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic limpa (“limpness, weakness”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”).\nCognate with Low German lumpen (“to limp”), Middle High German limpfen (“to hobble, limp”), dialectal German lampen (“to hang down loosely”), Icelandic limpa (“limpness, weakness”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "limps",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "limping",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "limped",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "limped",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg."
],
"id": "en-limp-en-verb-vNE0tWDE",
"links": [
[
"lamely",
"lamely"
],
[
"favouring",
"favouring"
],
[
"leg",
"leg"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕaraja",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "عَرَجَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕarag",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "عرج"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kaġal",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "կաղալ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "shcljoapic"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "axsamaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kucam",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "куцам"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "coixejar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīquéyīguǎi",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "一瘸一拐"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yībùyīqué",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "一步一瘸"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǒxíng",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "跛行"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "to hobble",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "蹣跚"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pánshān",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "蹒跚"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kulhat"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "belhat se"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "hinken"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "lami"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "lonkama"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "ontua"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "nilkuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "boiter"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "boitiller"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "claudiquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "manquexar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "coxicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "ancar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "trenquelear"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "zopegar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "poupiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "coxilicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "ranquear"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "cambar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "coxear"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳoč̣loba",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "კოჭლობა"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "hinken"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "humpeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "lahmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "koutsaíno",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "κουτσαίνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "skázō",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "σκάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "sántikál"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "biceg"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "sántít"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "pincang"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "rammita"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "zoppicare"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"alt": "あしをひきずる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ashi-o hikizuru",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "足を引きずる"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "claudeō"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "claudicō"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kuca",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "куца"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "toti"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "totitoti"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "halte"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "hinke"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "okkoluu"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šalidan",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "شلیدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "utykać"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "mancar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "coxear"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "hank'ay"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "șchiopăta"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xromátʹ",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "хрома́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ше̏пати"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "храмати"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ћопати"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "šȅpati"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "hramati"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "ćopati"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "krívať"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "pokuľhávať"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "klěcaś"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "cojear"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "clauder"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "halta"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "humingkod"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "boatagolön"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "lemülön"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "xhaler"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "cleper"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "hinken",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "הינקען"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 3 2",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "lengen"
}
]
},
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{
"text": "The bomber limped home on one engine."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion."
],
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[
"travel",
"travel"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, figurative, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a vehicle"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"ref": "1976 August 28, John C. Lawrence, “H.C.H.S Support”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 9, page 5",
"text": "I think, too, of other organizations that are doing much good work for us, and maybe with words are cheered on, but when it comes to the dollars and cents, few are willing to make any sort of sacrifice to put their money where their mouth is. The National Gay Task Force is an excellent example... drawing on the support of gay people in fifty states, yet having to limp along on $65,000 a year budgets. Organizations like Christian Cause, that would wipe us out if they could, draw ten times that amount with little effort.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 121",
"text": "And so we limped along for another month or two, pretending we still had a reason to be together.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "limping verses"
},
{
"text": "The business limped through the recession"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To move or proceed irregularly."
],
"id": "en-limp-en-verb-q5YZc5rm",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, figurative) To move or proceed irregularly."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Poker",
"orig": "en:Poker",
"parents": [
"Card games",
"Gambling",
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop."
],
"id": "en-limp-en-verb-aMGAIFJK",
"links": [
[
"poker",
"poker"
],
[
"slang",
"slang"
],
[
"call",
"call"
],
[
"unraised",
"unraised"
],
[
"pot",
"pot"
],
[
"pre-flop",
"pre-flop"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poker slang, intransitive) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"card-games",
"poker"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lɪmp/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪmp"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "limp"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Alexandra limp"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Alexandrian limp"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "limpless"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "limplike"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
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"2": "enm",
"3": "limpen",
"t": "to fall short"
},
"expansion": "Middle English limpen (“to fall short”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "ang",
"3": "limpan"
},
"expansion": "Old English limpan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*limpan"
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*limpaną",
"t": "to hang down"
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
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],
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{
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"masculine"
],
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{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 15 1 0",
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "flaccid; flabby",
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],
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{
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"word": "flácido"
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{
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"code": "sh",
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"tags": [
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{
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{
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],
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},
{
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"tags": [
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{
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"tags": [
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{
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"tags": [
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],
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"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 2",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "engalichado"
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{
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"sense": "lacking stiffness; flimsy",
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{
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{
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"word": "mlȍhav"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 2",
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]
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "ine-pro",
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},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"3": "",
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},
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},
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},
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"2": "lampen",
"3": "",
"4": "to hang down loosely"
},
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},
{
"args": {
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"3": "",
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}
],
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"ref": "2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.",
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],
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"To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg."
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[
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"favouring"
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[
"leg",
"leg"
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"(intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg."
],
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"intransitive"
]
},
{
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],
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{
"text": "The bomber limped home on one engine."
}
],
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"To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion."
],
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[
"travel",
"travel"
]
],
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"(intransitive, figurative, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion."
],
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"of a vehicle"
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"figuratively",
"intransitive"
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"ref": "1976 August 28, John C. Lawrence, “H.C.H.S Support”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 9, page 5",
"text": "I think, too, of other organizations that are doing much good work for us, and maybe with words are cheered on, but when it comes to the dollars and cents, few are willing to make any sort of sacrifice to put their money where their mouth is. The National Gay Task Force is an excellent example... drawing on the support of gay people in fifty states, yet having to limp along on $65,000 a year budgets. Organizations like Christian Cause, that would wipe us out if they could, draw ten times that amount with little effort.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 121",
"text": "And so we limped along for another month or two, pretending we still had a reason to be together.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "limping verses"
},
{
"text": "The business limped through the recession"
}
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],
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"call"
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[
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[
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"(poker slang, intransitive) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop."
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕaraja",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "عَرَجَ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕarag",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "عرج"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kaġal",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "կաղալ"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "shcljoapic"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "axsamaq"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kucam",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "куцам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "coixejar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīquéyīguǎi",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "一瘸一拐"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yībùyīqué",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "一步一瘸"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǒxíng",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "跛行"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "to hobble",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "蹣跚"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pánshān",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "蹒跚"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kulhat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "belhat se"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "hinken"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "lami"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "lonkama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "ontua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "nilkuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "boiter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "boitiller"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "claudiquer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "manquexar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "coxicar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "ancar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "trenquelear"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "zopegar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "poupiar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "coxilicar"
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{
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{
"code": "gl",
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "coxear"
},
{
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "ḳoč̣loba",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "კოჭლობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "hinken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "humpeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "lahmen"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"roman": "koutsaíno",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "κουτσαίνω"
},
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
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"word": "σκάζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "sántikál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "biceg"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "sántít"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "pincang"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "rammita"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "zoppicare"
},
{
"alt": "あしをひきずる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ashi-o hikizuru",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "足を引きずる"
},
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "claudeō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "claudicō"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kuca",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "куца"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "toti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "totitoti"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "halte"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "hinke"
},
{
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "okkoluu"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šalidan",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "شلیدن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "utykać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "mancar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "coxear"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "hank'ay"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "șchiopăta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xromátʹ",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "хрома́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ше̏пати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "храмати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ћопати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "šȅpati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "hramati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "ćopati"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "krívať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "pokuľhávať"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "klěcaś"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "cojear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "clauder"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "halta"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "humingkod"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "boatagolön"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "lemülön"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "xhaler"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "cleper"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "hinken",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "הינקען"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to walk lamely",
"word": "lengen"
}
],
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"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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"Rhymes:English/ɪmp",
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"word": "Alexandra limp"
},
{
"word": "Alexandrian limp"
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{
"word": "limpless"
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{
"word": "limplike"
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{
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"3": "",
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},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"text": "She walks with a limp."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kucane",
"sense": "gait",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "куцане"
},
{
"code": "ca",
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