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noun

as in exhaustion

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verb

present participle of limp
1
as in shuffling
to walk while favoring one leg she limped all day after stubbing her toe on the lawn sprinkler

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2
as in stumbling
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually the damaged boat limped back into port

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3
as in dragging
to move slowly we'll have to stop limping if we are ever going to make our destination in time

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Recent Examples of limping
Noun
While many symptoms overlap between species, Koehler says dogs commonly develop lethargy, fever, limping, stiff or swollen joints, pale gums, bruising, or abnormal bleeding. — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 15 July 2026 In recent days, young Knicks fans have been made to digest from their dreary Boomer elders heavy doses of old-timey hoops lore, but mainly about the 1970 title series, featuring Willis Reed’s limping, yet noble appearance in Game Seven, his injured leg shot up with painkillers. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 14 June 2026 Carter did not look good limping off the practice field. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026 With the Bulls’ season limping toward a finish and the transfer portal opening tomorrow, Chapel Hill clearly didn’t want to wait. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026 The chopper flew across New York harbor and landed at a Manhattan heliport, where Maduro, limping, was loaded into an armored vehicle. — Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026 South Carolina wide receiver Nyck Harbor scored on an 80-yard reception in the second quarter and ran into the tunnel limping following the play. — CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025 Springer fell to the ground in pain and was eventually helped off the field limping. — Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025 Once off the field, Burrow was observed limping in the tunnel of the stadium with no shoe on his left foot. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
Clark immediately started limping and grimaced as she was subbed out. — James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Alonso was checked by trainers after his single in the 10th and appeared to be limping but stayed in the game. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 Some even keep limping along for years after the charging port quits, relying on a wireless charging puck instead. — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026 The Kansas City Royals are limping to the end of their 10-game road trip. — Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026 The Yankees are limping towards the trade deadline with Aaron Judge (ribs), Giancarlo Stanton (calf), and Clay Bellinger (hamstring) all out. — Mike Barner, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 But Machado did not move well on the bases later in the game and was limping after the game in the clubhouse. — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026 President Emmanuel Macron is limping to the end of his administration as an unpopular and more and more ineffective-looking figure. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 Current internet safety proposals in front of Congress are limping along, while countries from Australia to China implement online child safety laws. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limping
  1. exhaustion
  2. shuffling
  3. stumbling
  4. dragging
  5. flagging
  6. hobbling
  7. struggling
  8. crawling
Noun
  • Spouses, in turn, asked what was being done to address issues of mental health and exhaustion, MS NOW reported.
    — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • In addition to the end of the capital expenditure boom that built these excess factories, the exhaustion of markets would create the conditions for a crisis.
    — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhaustion
Verb
  • Keeping your eye on Bredeson is as hard as tracking a ball beneath shuffling cups.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Frank Beard, the longtime, hard-shuffling drummer for Texas rock greats ZZ Top, died on Monday.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of shuffling
Verb
  • Such a contrast to the wonderful Bootham Crescent, York’s home until 2020 and within stumbling distance of not only the famous Minster but all the city’s many other attractions.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The most underachieving team on the Los Angeles sports landscape is embarrassingly stumbling through another season.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of stumbling
Verb
  • But Beaman is quick to point out that people shouldn't simply head into the woods and start dragging things out themselves.
    — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Gaten Matarazzo is playing sort of a sexy role, where Billie’s dragging him into the bathroom.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of dragging
Noun
  • Warships may board vessels suspected of piracy, slave trading, statelessness or false flagging.
    — John Calabrese, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • The footnote says that while the locations of some gas lines were marked with painting and flagging, the location of the gas line that was struck by a third-party contractor had not been identified and marked.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of flagging
Verb
  • Gelof, already on the ground, immediately grabbed his knee in pain before hobbling back to his position.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • For much of the game in Atlanta, Egypt was in control, hobbling Argentina early.
    — Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 7 July 2026
Definition of hobbling
Verb
  • Similar to Abrams, the young shortstop had shown a knack for exceptional, highlight-reel plays while struggling with consistency.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Flagship carriers including American, Lufthansa, Riyadh Air and Singapore Airlines are all struggling to navigate the lengthy, multi-year approval process for bespoke cabins.
    — Edward Russell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of struggling
Verb
  • Tests on Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, Unitree’s G1 and Boston Dynamics’ Spot showed the robots could perform crawling, cartwheels, handstands, soccer kicks and other complex movements across different robotic body types.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile in Broward County, a restaurant had two dozen live roaches inside the dishwasher, under a food warmer and chest freezer, and crawling on a wall.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of crawling

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“Limping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limping. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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