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ALL meanings of gimp

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  • noun gimp Twisted silk, worsted, or cotton with cord or wire running through it, used chiefly as upholstery trimming. 1
  • noun gimp When describing someone who is lame, gimp is used with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting. But within the disability community, it is sometimes a term of self-reference. 1
  • noun gimp physically disabled person 1
  • noun gimp stupid person 1
  • noun gimp sexual games: sb submissive 1
  • noun gimp thread used for upholstery trimming 1
  • noun gimp a limp. 1
  • noun gimp Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a person who limps or is lame. 1
  • verb without object gimp to limp; walk in a halting manner: a sprain that made her gimp for weeks. 1
  • adjective gimp slender; trim; delicate. 1
  • adjective gimp scant; barely sufficient. 1
  • noun gimp a lame person 0
  • noun gimp a halting, lame walk 0
  • intransitive verb gimp to limp 0
  • noun gimp A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe. 0
  • noun gimp Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire. 0
  • noun gimp The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself. 0
  • noun gimp (dated, chiefly North Eastern US) Gumption; spirit; ambition; vigor; pep. 0
  • noun gimp (Informal) A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet. 0
  • noun gimp (Informal) A crippled leg. 0
  • noun gimp (Informal) A limp or a limping gait. 0
  • noun gimp (Slang) (derogatory) A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar. 0
  • noun gimp (BDSM) A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia. 0
  • verb gimp (of yarn, cord, thread, etc.) To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating gimped yarn, etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped. 0
  • verb gimp (dated) To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves. 0
  • verb gimp (Informal) To limp; to hobble. 0
  • adjective gimp (dated, Scotland and N England) Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant. 0
  • noun gimp a tapelike trimming of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with wire 0
  • noun gimp a physically disabled person, esp one who is lame 0
  • noun gimp a sexual fetishist who likes to be dominated and who dresses in a leather or rubber body suit with mask, zips, and chains 0
  • noun gimp a ribbonlike, braided fabric, sometimes stiffened with wire, used to trim garments, furniture, etc. 0
  • noun gimp fighting spirit; vigor 0
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