gimping

verb

Definition of gimpingnext
present participle of gimp
as in hobbling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimping
  1. limping
  2. trudging
  3. trampling
Verb
  • McCarthy’s Cowboys have battled major injuries and are limping toward the finish line at 7-9.
    Mike Jones, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Sarah Yusuf, her pelvis broken in an Israeli strike, can now play without limping.
    Laura Boushnak, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of limping
Verb
  • They were left operating on fumes by the end, with Ollie Watkins — Duran’s replacement — starved of service and Morgan Rogers consigned to trudging off the pitch, knowing his long dribbling bursts would have scant options ahead of him.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Standard time brings more sunshine to earlier hours, insuring that children are not trudging to school in cold-weather darkness.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of trudging
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  • The glass shattered, and the crowd surged forward, trampling 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour to death in their desperation for deals.
    Dr. Mara Einstein, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
  • In other words, politics and emotion are presently trampling on market prices that, by virtue of them being set in markets, are free of politics and emotion.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of trampling
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