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Antonyms for limping

Grammar : Verb
Spell : limp
Phonetic Transcription : lɪmp

Definition of limping

Origin :
  • 1560s, of unknown origin, perhaps related to Middle English lympen "to fall short" (c.1400), which is probably from Old English lemphealt "halting, lame, limping," which has a lone cognate in the rare Middle High German limphin, and perhaps is from a PIE root meaning "slack, loose, to hang down" (cf. Sanskrit lambate "hangs down," Middle High German lampen "to hang down"). Related: Limped; limping. As a noun, 1818, from the verb.
  • verb walk with faltering step
Example sentences :
  • She stopped to point at Gervaise, who was limping awkwardly because of the slope of the pavement.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Hilaire was limping across the terrace towards the garden steps.
  • Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton
  • Beyond, through the high-arched entrance, a man was limping.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • He heard the limping effort to be formal as before a king or a court of justice.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • “No,” chimed in Mrs. Mate Hare, limping from her home in the broom sedge.
  • Extract from : « Plantation Sketches » by Margaret Devereux
  • The last man left with a swollen jaw and limping on one leg.
  • Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick
  • She broke off at the sound of a limping footstep in the hall.
  • Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • She felt as awkward as a limping grasshopper in a crowd of butterflies.
  • Extract from : « Prudy Keeping House » by Sophie May
  • She did not believe any longer that anyone could prevail against "Limping Dick."
  • Extract from : « Ambrotox and Limping Dick » by Oliver Fleming
  • The clerk of the Seaside went by, limping with age and dragging his reluctant feet.
  • Extract from : « The House of Pride » by Jack London

Synonyms for limping

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