limp

limp

verb

Definition of LIMP

1

to walk while favoring one leg <she limped all day after stubbing her toe on the lawn sprinkler>

Synonyms halt, hobble

Related Words hitch; blunder, falter, flounder, lurch, shamble, shuffle, stagger, stumble, teeter, totter, waver, wobble (also wabble); dodder

Near Antonyms breeze, glide, sail

Antonyms stride

2

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually <the damaged boat limped back into port>

Synonyms blunder, bumble, flog [British], limp, lumber, plod, struggle, stumble, trudge

Related Words jog, shamble, shuffle; wallow, welter; falter, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter; fumble, muddle

Near Antonyms coast, fly, glide, kilt, sail, zip, zoom

3

to move slowly <we'll have to stop limping if we are ever going to make our destination in time>

Synonyms creak (along), creep, drag, inch, limp, nose, ooze, plod, poke, slouch, snail

Related Words lumber, shamble, shuffle, tramp, trudge

Near Antonyms float, glide, sail; hurry, tear

Antonyms fly, race, speed, whiz (or whizz), zip