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English

Pronunciation 1
IPA|/gɪmp/
:rhymes|ɪmp

Etymology 1
From OF. guimpre, a variant of guipure, a kind of trimming.

Noun
en-noun

1. A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc.

Etymology 2
US Slang, 1925. Maybe cognate with term|limp.

Noun
en-noun|plgimp|pl2gimps

1. A limp or a limping gait.
2. A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
3. A crippled leg.
4. context|chiefly NE US Spirit|spirit; ambition; vigor; pep.

#*1898, Charles Frederick Wingate, What Shall Our Boys Do for a Living?, p255
#*:Love them and encourage them, but put some 'gimp' into them.
#*1915, Frederick Frye Rockwell, The Key to the Land: What a City Man Did with a Small Farm, p72
#*:You haven't got gimp enough to, any more than you could smash the rest of that pint, instead of swallowing it. You're a weakling...
#*1924, Booth Tarkington, The Midlander, p219
#*:When people put a lot on what their folks used to do, it always means they haven't got gimp enough left to do anything themselves.

1. context|BDSM A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See w:Gimp (sadomasochism)|Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia.
2. rfv-sense derogatory A contemptible and dull person with very poor social skills.

Derived terms
gimpy

Verb
en-verb

1. To limp; to hobble.
2. rfv-sense To notch; to indent; to jag.

Pronunciation 2
IPA|/d�ɪmp/
:rhymes|ɪmp

Etymology 3
From term|jimp.

Adjective
en-adj

1. rfv-sense context|Scotland and N England handsome; spruce; elegant.
2. rfv-sense context|Scotland and N England trim; delicate; slender.
3. rfv-sense context|Scotland and N England scant; barely sufficient.

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