Usually means: Walks unevenly due to injury.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. limps: Merriam-Webster
  2. limps: Collins English Dictionary
  3. limps: Vocabulary.com
  4. Limps, limps: Wordnik
  5. limps: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. limps: Wiktionary
  7. limps: Dictionary.com
  8. limps: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. limps: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. limps: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. limps: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. limps: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. limps: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (limp)

verb:  (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
verb:  (intransitive, figurative, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
verb:  (intransitive, figurative) To move or proceed irregularly.
verb:  (poker slang, intransitive) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
noun:  An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
noun:  A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
adjective:  Flaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.
adjective:  Lacking stiffness; flimsy.
adjective:  (slang, of a penis) Not erect.
adjective:  (slang, of a man) Not having an erection.
adjective:  Physically weak.
verb:  (intransitive, stative) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
noun:  A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.
verb:  (obsolete, intransitive) To happen; befall; chance.
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To come upon; meet.
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