GIMP

lameness, limping, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, claudication

(noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet

limp, gimp, hobble, hitch

(verb) walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; “The old woman hobbles down to the store every day”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

gimp (countable and uncountable, plural gimps)

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.

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.

The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.

(dated, chiefly North Eastern US) Gumption

Synonyms: spirit, ambition, vigor, pep

Verb

gimp (third-person singular simple present gimps, present participle gimping, simple past and past participle gimped)

(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.

(dated) To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.

Etymology 2

Noun

gimp (plural gimps)

(informal) A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.

Synonyms: cripple, disabled (person)

(informal) A crippled leg.

(informal) A limp or a limping gait.

(slang, derogatory) A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar

Synonyms: dweeb, nerd, geek, gump, spod, dork

(BDSM) A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia.

(video games, slang, derogatory) A character or ability that is underpowered.

Verb

gimp (third-person singular simple present gimps, present participle gimping, simple past and past participle gimped)

(intransitive, informal) To limp; to hobble.

(transitive, video games, slang) To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of.

Synonym: nerf

Etymology 3

Adjective

gimp (comparative more gimp, superlative most gimp)

(dated, Scotland and N England) Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.

Anagrams

• pIgM

Noun

GIMP (countable and uncountable, plural GIMPs)

(uncountable, software) The GNU Image Manipulation Program, a computer program capable of manipulating digital images.

(countable, particle physics) Abbreviation of gravitationally interacting massive particle.

Synonyms

(gravitationally interacting massive particle)

• superWIMP (the form of superWIMP that only interacts gravitationally)

Coordinate terms

(gravitationally interacting massive particle)

• SIMP

• WIMP

Anagrams

• pIgM

Source: Wiktionary

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Gimp, a. Etym: [W. gwymp fair, neat, comely.]

Definition: Smart; spruce; trim; nice. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Gimp, n. Etym: [OF. guimpe, guimple, a nun's wimple, F. guimpe, OHG. wimpal a veil G. wimpel pennon, pendant. See Wimple, n.]

Definition: A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it;

– used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc. Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.

Gimp, v. t.

Definition: To notch; to indent; to jag.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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