gimpier; gimpiest
US
: affected with a limp or a limping walk

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The All-Star big man, who is averaging an NBA-best 32.6 points per game, was gimpy late in the fourth quarter against the Pistons after LeBron James assisted him on a floater with 4:46 remaining. Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024 Freeman, who sat out three playoff games with a gimpy ankle, stole the thunder from the Yanks’ Giancarlo Stanton, who’d knocked in a two-run homer to left in the top of the sixth to give New York a 2-1 lead. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2024 While caveats abound—Harbaugh is a fiend for the running game, and Herbert’s been gimpy since suffering a high-ankle sprain in Week 2—the whiplash change of tactics is still pretty remarkable. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2024 Hartenstein is playing on a gimpy Achilles, and Robinson won’t return to on-court activities following his ankle surgery until after the All-Star break. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gimpy 

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gimpy was in 1888

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“Gimpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gimpy. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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