limple

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verb

To move or walk with a limp; hobble

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Meanings

verblimple (third-person singular simple present limples, present participle limpling, simple past and past participle limpled)

present singular third person limples · participle present limpling · participle past limpled · past limpled

  1. dialectalintransitiveTo move or walk with a limp; hobble

    Now I may claim the gold from clay: / Years ago today I looked / And limpled away; in my breast's alembic / Cupped the foolish face.

    1996, M C Richards, Opening Our Moral Eye

Origin

From limp + -le (frequentative suffix).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with limple

simpledimplecrimplerimplescrimpleshrimpletimplewimple
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Cite this entry
APA

limple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limple

MLA

“limple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limple. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “limple,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limple.

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