gimped

Definition of gimpednext
past tense of gimp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimped
Verb
  • Greene soon hobbled into the consultant’s office on crutches—a CrossFit injury, apparently.
    Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Yet Amorim — and United as a whole — muddled through the 2025-26 season with many of the same issues that hobbled the previous campaign.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Brunson injured his right ankle and limped off the floor after scoring four points in five minutes.
    CBS News, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • According to the Los Angeles Times, Hipolito limped into court days after the incident.
    Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • ProPublica and High Country News observed overgrazing in multiple states, including streambeds trampled by cattle, grasslands denuded by grazing and creeks fouled by cow corpses.
    Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Representatives from the nonprofit animal rights organization NYCLASS, short for New Yorkers for Clean, Livable, and Safe Streets, said people had to jump and run out of the way to avoid being trampled.
    Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Gimped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimped. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.

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