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Gimped

adj, verb, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Wrapped or wound tightly with a second length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, leaving the core yarn straight and protected (gimped yarn). Also, generally, wrapped or twisted with string or wire (gimped buttons). usually
  2. 2
    Adorned with gimp (decorative trim); edged or embroidered.
  3. 3
    Jagged, as a jagged or uneven edge or outline; notched, edged with serrations or grooves; nicked, dented.

    "The leaves... are slightly “gimped,” and this gives them an apparently wavy outline."

  4. 4
    Crippled, injured; damaged as to awkwardly impede function. informal

    "Then he wheeled him around and began pushing him lickety-split down the hall, the chair's rickety wheels squealing like a gimped grocery cart."

  5. 5
    Modified by means of the GIMP image editor. informal
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of gimp form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From gimp + -ed.

Etymology 2

From gimp + -ed.

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