gimping

verb

Definition of gimpingnext
present participle of gimp
as in hobbling

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  1. limping
  2. trudging
  3. trampling
Verb
  • Garbers exited the Oregon game after absorbing four sacks and limping his way around the field for much of the second half.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Herbert, who played with an additional brace around his ankle Sunday, finished the game but came up limping after several hits.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of limping
Verb
  • His England side though barely got out of second gear in South Africa and were eliminated from the 2010 World Cup in the round of 16 after trudging through the group stage with draws against the USA and Algeria.
    Steve Price, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • In an apparent violation of the rules, two women in red vests were trudging along on the tundra itself.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of trudging
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  • 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
  • The legend began after a series of bizarre and terrifying encounters in which settlers reported seeing the ghostly figure charging through the desert, sometimes trampling livestock or vanishing into the night.
    Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of trampling
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