Usually means: Deliberately limiting performance or effectiveness.
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  1. gimping: Merriam-Webster
  2. gimping: Wordnik
  3. gimping: Wiktionary
  4. gimping: Dictionary.com
  5. gimping: TheFreeDictionary.com

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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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