gimp Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
    claudication; gameness; lameness; limping; gimpiness.
  2. verb walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
    hobble; limp; hitch.
    • The old woman hobbles down to the store every day

WordNet

Gimp adjective
Etymology
W. gwymp fair, neat, comely.
Definitions
  1. Smart; spruce; trim; nice. Obs. or Prov. Eng.
Gimp noun
Etymology
OF. guimpe, guimple, a nun's wimple, F. guimpe, OHG. wimpal a veil G. wimpel pennon, pendant. See Wimple, n.
Definitions
  1. A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc.
    Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.
Gimp transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To notch; to indent; to jag.

Webster 1913