1. Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
   "The old woman limps down to the store every day";
   - gimp [N. Amer, informal], hobble, hitch [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. Proceed slowly or with difficulty
   "the boat limped into the harbour"

1. Lacking or having lost rigidity
   "limp lettuce"; "he felt his body go limp"
    
2. Without energy or will
   "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know";
   - wilted

1. The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
   "His pronounced limp was a result of the accident";
   - hitch, hobble

Derived forms: limps, limped, limping, limpest, limper

See also: lax, weak

Type of: continue, gait, go forward, move ahead, proceed, walk

Encyclopedia: Limp, South Carolina