- to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame.
- to proceed in a lame, faltering, or labored manner: His writing limps from one cliché to another. The old car limped along.
- to progress slowly and with great difficulty; make little or no advance: an economy that limps along at a level just above total bankruptcy.
- a lame movement or gait: The accident left him with a slight limp.
- lacking stiffness or firmness, as of substance, fiber, structure, or bodily frame: a limp body.
- lacking vitality; weary; tired; fatigued: Limp with exhaustion, she dropped into the nearest chair.
- without firmness, force, energy, etc., as of character: limp, spiritless prose.
- flexible; not stiff or rigid: a Bible in a limp leather binding.
- to walk with an uneven step, esp with a weak or injured leg
- to advance in a labouring or faltering manner
- an uneven walk or progress
- not firm or stiff
- not energetic or vital
- (of the binding of a book) not stiffened with boards
