Cripple (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
    • a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
    • an animal that is similarly disabled; a lame animal.
    • a person who is disabled or impaired in any way.
  2. anything that is impaired or flawed.
  3. a wounded animal, especially one shot by a hunter.
  4. any structural member shorter than usual, as a stud beneath a windowsill.
  5. a swampy, densely overgrown tract of land.
verb (used with object), crip·pled, crip·pling.
  1. to make a cripple of; lame.
  2. to disable; impair; weaken: Indirect losses from extreme weather events have crippled the economy.The proposed hike in visa fees could further cripple the island's tourism industry.
adjective
  1. jack1 (def. 29).
noun
  1. a person who is lame
  2. a person who is or seems disabled or deficient in some way
  3. a dense thicket, usually in marshy land
verb
  1. to make a cripple of; disable
Cripple (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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