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How to pronounce limping in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms claudication, gameness, gimp, gimpiness, lameness
Type of disability of walking
Has types intermittent claudication

Examples of limping

limping
We do not know what instigated the lameness, only that our pet shows up limping.
From the stltoday.com
Ovechkin still was limping after the game, but is not expected to miss any time.
From the washingtonpost.com
The deficit was under control and the economy was growing, not limping like now.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Gibson Greetings'stock is limping along below $9, down from above $29 last year.
From the time.com
When he ran outside his front door, he saw the pilot limping around the corner.
From the chron.com
Mavericks coach Avery Johnson said he noticed Dampier limping against the Nets.
From the sportingnews.com
Foreign private equity firms have moved in to take over limping Japanese firms.
From the businessweek.com
England arrive on the back of a magnificent Ashes win, but limping and exhausted.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The Imps were limping towards the finish line in what was now a two-horse race.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • Hitch: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
  • Not firm; "wilted lettuce"
  • Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
  • Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"
  • Proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the harbor"
  • (limping) lameness: disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
  • A limp is a type of asymmetric abnormality of the gait. Limping may be caused by pain, weakness, neuromuscular imbalance, or a skeletal deformity. ...
  • The Long Island Motor Parkway (LIMP), also known as the Vanderbilt Parkway and Motor Parkway, was the first roadway designed for automobile use only. It was privately built by William Kissam Vanderbilt with overpasses and bridges to remove intersections. ...
  • Limp were an American pop punk band formed in 1994, with strong influences in both rock and ska, hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area. ...