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Antonyms for gimp
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : gimp |
| Phonetic Transcription : gɪmp |
- able
- adorn
- agile
- aid
- allow
- assist
- beautify
- capable
- cure
- decorate
- detach
- disconnect
- efficient
- embellish
- encourage
- fix
- fixed
- free
- go
- graceful
- heal
- healthy
- help
- improve
- let go
- loose
- loosen
- mend
- mobile
- move
- OK
- open
- ornament
- perfect
- permit
- promote
- release
- repair
- run
- satisfactory
- strong
- unbroken
- uncrippled
- unfasten
- walk
- walking
- working
Definition of gimp
Origin :- 1925, "a crippled leg," also "a crippled person," perhaps by association with limp, or a corruption of gammy (see game (adj.)).
- As in lame : adj unable to walk properly
- As in crippled : adj disabled
- As in limp : noun faltering walk
- As in lanyard : noun rope
- As in limp : verb walk with faltering step
- As in maim : verb cripple, put out of action
- As in hobble : verb cripple, restrict
- "She hasn't any of Josie's gimp," was old Cyrus's unspoken fault.
- Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- For a moment I toyed with the idea of being honest with the Gimp.
- Extract from : « The Big Fix » by George Oliver Smith
- But then it did indeed occur to me that maybe I could make use of the Gimp.
- Extract from : « The Big Fix » by George Oliver Smith
- It'll want a piece of binding, or gimp, tacked around the edges.
- Extract from : « The Squirrel Inn » by Frank R. Stockton
- "Peculiar about Charlie," Gimp answered, looking awed and puzzled.
- Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- Gimp waved them off angrily, but they valeted for him, anyhow.
- Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- "I'll check your ionic setting for you, Two-and-Two," Gimp answered him.
- Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- The earnings didn't change Nelsen's life much, nor Gimp's, nor Ramos'.
- Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- Gimp and Frank got permission to pass the lock after about fifteen minutes.
- Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- Ramos' and Gimp's drums were loaded into the job scout's rocket.
- Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
Synonyms for gimp
- bad wheel
- batter
- bedridden
- blemish
- break
- broken
- bruised
- castrate
- clog
- clump
- cord
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- crimp
- crush
- curb
- damage
- damaged
- deface
- defective
- deformed
- disable
- disabled
- disfigure
- dismember
- disqualify
- dodder
- enfeebled
- entrammel
- falter
- fasten
- fetter
- flag
- flat wheel
- floppy
- game
- gasket
- gimp
- gimpy
- hack
- halt
- hamper
- hamstring
- hamstrung
- handicapped
- hang up
- harm
- harmed
- hinder
- hitch
- hobble
- hobbling
- hog-tie
- hog-tied
- hop
- housebound
- hurt
- impair
- impaired
- incapacitate
- incapacitated
- injure
- lag
- laid up
- lame
- lameness
- leash
- limping
- line
- maimed
- mangle
- mangled
- mar
- marred
- massacre
- maul
- mayhem
- mutilate
- mutilated
- out of commission
- pained
- paralyzed
- put a crimp in
- raw
- scuff
- shackle
- shamble
- shuffle
- sidelined
- sore
- spoil
- stagger
- stiff
- string
- stumble
- teeter
- tie
- totter
- trammel
- truncate
- waddle
- walk lamely
- warp
- wound
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