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Gimp
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- 1 Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant. dated
- 1 A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe. countable, uncountable
"They sat about in black and shiny and flouncey clothing adorned with gimp and beads, eating great quantities of cake, drinking much tea in a stately manner and reverberating remarks."
- 2 A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet. informal
"(person)"
- 3 Acronym of GNU Image Manipulation Program, a computer program capable of editing and manipulating digital images. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
- 4 disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet wordnet
- 5 Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire. countable, uncountable
"I'm a fisher of men and my gimp is doing a saltarello over every body of water to fetch up what it may."
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- 6 A crippled leg. informal
- 7 Abbreviation of gravitationally interacting massive particle. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, particle
- 8 The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself. countable, uncountable
- 9 A limp or a limping gait. informal
"She walks with a gimp in one leg, which is why she is called Madame La Gimp..."
- 10 Gumption. Northeastern, US, countable, dated, uncountable
"Love them and encourage them, but put some 'gimp' into them."
- 11 A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar. derogatory, slang
- 12 A submissive dressed in a full-body suit of latex or a similar material.
- 13 A character or ability that is underpowered. derogatory, slang
- 1 Of yarn, cord, thread, etc., to wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating 'gimped yarn', etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
"It consists of seventy fine spun cotton threads, gimped or tied around with thread by a machine similar to that for wrapping bonnet wire."
- 2 To limp; to hobble. informal, intransitive
- 3 walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury wordnet
- 4 To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves. dated
"They are prettier cut and gimped in the shape of wheels."
- 5 To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of. slang, transitive
Etymology
Attested since about 1660, perhaps from Dutch gimp or French guimpe, and likely from Old French guimpre, a variant of guipure, a kind of trimming. The regional sense of "gumption" is attested since about 1905, and may have developed due to the reinforced nature of gimp cord, or possibly the influence of the words gumption and gumph.
Attested since about 1660, perhaps from Dutch gimp or French guimpe, and likely from Old French guimpre, a variant of guipure, a kind of trimming. The regional sense of "gumption" is attested since about 1905, and may have developed due to the reinforced nature of gimp cord, or possibly the influence of the words gumption and gumph.
Attested in US slang since the 1920s. Maybe influenced by, or cognate with limp.
Attested in US slang since the 1920s. Maybe influenced by, or cognate with limp.
Scots. Alternative form of jimp. Compare Welsh gwymp (“fair, neat, comely”).
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