"cripple" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /krɪpl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cripple.wav [UK] Forms: cripple [singular], cripples [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A cripple is a person whose mobility has been impaired or disabled.
    Sense id: simple-cripple-en-noun-xysvqf7C Categories (other): Old words, Vulgar

Verb

IPA: /krɪpl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cripple.wav [UK] Forms: cripple [canonical], cripples [third-person, singular], crippled [past], crippled [past, participle], crippling [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|crippl|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you cripple something, you damage it so that it cannot work normally.
    Sense id: simple-cripple-en-verb-KvidGzDF
  2. To injure or harm someone so that they are unable to walk or move in the usual way.
    Sense id: simple-cripple-en-verb-yvbT~ruf
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          "text": "The cripple couldn't find a job and started to beg on the streets."
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