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limple

limple verb: to move or walk with a limp; hobble.

Verb

limple (third-person singular simple present limples, present participle limpling, simple past and past participle limpled)

  1. (dialectal, intransitive) To move or walk with a limp; hobble
    • Now I may claim the gold from clay: / Years ago today I looked / And limpled away; in my breast's alembic / Cupped the foolish face.1996, M C Richards, Opening Our Moral Eye

Forms of limple

third-person singular presentlimples
present participlelimpling
past participlelimpled
pastlimpled

Origin of limple

From limp + -le (frequentative suffix).

Words that rhyme with limple

Questions about limple

What does limple mean?
Limple means to move or walk with a limp; hobble.
What part of speech is limple?
Limple is a verb.
What is the past tense of limple?
The past tense of limple is limpled.

Words near limple in the dictionary

  1. Limpinwood
  2. limpish
  3. limpitude
  4. limpkin
  5. limpkins
  6. limple
  7. limpled
  8. limples
  9. limpless
  10. Limpley Stoke
  11. limplike

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