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limpling

limpling is the present participle and gerund of limple.

Meaning of limple

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

Questions about limpling

What is limpling the present participle and gerund of?
Limpling is the present participle and gerund of limple.

Words near limpling in the dictionary

  1. limpled
  2. limples
  3. limpless
  4. Limpley Stoke
  5. limplike
  6. limpling
  7. limply
  8. limpness
  9. limpnesses
  10. Limpopo
  11. limps

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