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   Limp

   /limp/

   

   verb

   • 1. walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot: "he limped heavily as he moved"
   • ▪ (of a damaged ship, aircraft, or vehicle) proceed with difficulty: "the badly damaged aircraft limped back to Sicily"

   noun

   • 1. a tendency to limp; a gait impeded by injury or stiffness: "he walked with a limp"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘fall short of’): related to obsolete limphalt ‘lame’, and probably of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • M

     3

   • P

     3

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