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"ref": "1856, Campbell Morfit, A Treatise on Chemistry Applied to the Manufacture of Soap and Candles, page 435 with illustration",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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}
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],
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"To limp; to hobble."
],
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"limp",
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],
[
"hobble",
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],
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"(intransitive, informal) To limp; to hobble."
],
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"informal",
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},
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"English slang",
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],
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"To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of."
],
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[
"video game",
"video game"
],
[
"underpowered",
"underpowered"
]
],
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"(transitive, video games, slang) To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "nerf"
}
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"video-games"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ɡɪmp/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪmp"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Gimp"
],
"word": "gimp"
}
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"3": "",
"4": "fair, neat, comely"
},
"expansion": "Welsh gwymp (“fair, neat, comely”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Scots. Alternative form of jimp. Compare Welsh gwymp (“fair, neat, comely”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more gimp",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"superlative"
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"glosses": [
"Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant."
],
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[
"Neat",
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],
[
"trim",
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[
"delicate",
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[
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[
"handsome",
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[
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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