Usually means: Flexible, durable thread for crafting.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. gimp: Merriam-Webster
  2. gimp, gimp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gimp, gimp, gimp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gimp: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gimp: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gimp, gimp: Wordnik
  7. GIMP, gimp: Wiktionary
  8. gimp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. gimp: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. gimp: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Gimp, gimp: Dictionary.com
  12. gimp: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. GIMP, Gimp (band), Gimp (computer role-playing games), Gimp (disambiguation), Gimp (gaming), Gimp (sadomasochism), Gimp (software), Gimp (thread), Gimp, The GIMP, The gimp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Gimp: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. gimp: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. gimp: Rhymezone
  17. Gimp: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. gimp: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. GIMP: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  20. gimp: FreeDictionary.org
  21. gimp: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. gimp: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Beading Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. GIMP: CCI Computer
  2. Gimp (disambiguation), The GIMP, gimp: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. GIMP: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. gimp, gimp, gimp, gimp: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. gimp: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Gimp: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  4. G.I.M.P, The Gimp: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See gimping as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (GIMP)

noun:  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.
noun:  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.
noun:  The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
noun:  (dated, chiefly Northeastern US) Gumption
verb:  (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.
verb:  (dated) To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.
noun:  (informal) A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
noun:  (informal) A crippled leg.
noun:  (informal) A limp or a limping gait.
noun:  (slang, derogatory) A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar
noun:  (BDSM) A (g)ay (i)mprisoned (m)ale (p)rostitute (or more often an individual, almost always male, playing one in roleplay), dressed typically in a full-body suit of various materials. See Gimp (Bondage suit).
noun:  (video games, slang, derogatory) A character or ability that is underpowered.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To limp; to hobble.
verb:  (transitive, video games, slang) To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of.
adjective:  (dated, Scotland and N England) Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.
noun:  (uncountable, software) Acronym of GNU Image Manipulation Program. A computer program capable of editing and manipulating digital images.
noun:  (countable, particle physics) Abbreviation of gravitationally interacting massive particle. [(particle physics) A type of dark matter that only interacts with normal matter through the force of gravity.]

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